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Sen. J. Bennett Johnston told a group of shipbuilders Thursday the problem facing the Pentagon is th

National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America. Annual convention. March 6-11 at the S

Transportation Secretary James Burnley is warning Congress that failure to approve some $60 million

Institute Kicks Off Safety Awards ContestThe American Institute of Merchant Shipping has ann

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Sales of GMC Trucks Set Record in FebruaryPONTIAC, Mich. - GMC Truck dealers sold a record 1

Texas looks like a bad place to park a heavy truck. More heavy trucks were stolen in Texas i

UNITED STATES LEASING INTERNATIONAL INC. (San Francisco) - D.E. Mundell was elected chairman and chi

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More companies are offering a greater variety of computer programs to the trucking industry than eve

Improvement during the last few months of the year gave the Bergesen d.y. Group a satisfactory finan

The maritime industry in the New York-New Jersey region won't benefit from the pickup in exports as

The former president of a major Vancouver stevedoring company has droppedplans to sue his fo

The Department of Transportation accepted Kentucky's request to ban heavy trucks from a section of h

Plastics recycling is expected to become a major industry by the year 2000, resulting in the recycli

A tugboat was hit with four shotgun blasts fired from short range in the dead of night as the harbor

BASF Corp. Fibers division is increasing prices for all acrylic staple fibers 6 percent, effective A

Federal and state officials are investigating allegations of bribery and conspiracy involving contra

The Soviet Union has launched a critical broadside against what it calls the collective protectionis

The Navy's budget crunch may squeeze the 600-ship fleet into oblivion, but the service will be getti

A bill to extend U.S. labor laws to foreign-flag ships that call in the United States was introduced

Norman International A/S, the Norwegian shipping company that owns the tanker Happy Kari, is conside

The president of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines America Inc., says the Japanese carrier is shortening the trans

A pricing manager from American President Lines headquarters in Oakland was named regional director

The Coast Guard wants to establish a permanent safety zone system for liquefied natural gas carriers

Sumitomo Chemical Co., a leading Japanese chemical producer, reported net income of $91 million, up

The recovery of the North American steel industry and demand for key commodities should benefit Grea

Monsanto Co., a pioneer in the development of synthetic turf for sports fields, said that it sold it

SCM Increases Silica PricesBALTIMORE SCM Chemicals, a leading producer of titanium dioxide,

At Ocean Spray Cranberries' manufacturing and processing plant a work crew watches as hundreds of bo

Hoechst Celanese has announced a consolidation of all worldwide Hoechst separations activities into

Kodak Obtains Loan To Acquire SterlingROCHESTER, N.Y. - Eastman Kodak Co. announced that it

The Army will dispose of its aging stockpile of chemical weapons by burning them in closed incinerat

Savannah Electric and Power Co. approved its merger with the Southern Co. At a special meeti

New England Electric Interested in PSNHCONCORD, N.H. Public Service Co. of New Hampshire, w

AN EARLY NOVELIST WROTE that it is sometimes easier to read between the lines than to follow the tex

The European Parliament committee investigating an alleged nuclear waste fraud between West Germany

It may be the only set of coke ovens in the Eastern United States capable of being operated, but not

The New York Power Authority will conduct a public hearing on proposed new contracts with three upst

The United Mine Workers union was poised Tuesday to announce an agreement to merge with a union of m