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Sea-Land Corp.'s announcement of port calls for its newly acquired Econships has produced some clear

Union Carbide Corp. has acquired BP Chemicals International's worldwide hydroxyethyl cellulose busin

Ocean carriers are divided on a Federal Maritime Commission proposal that would change rules on when

Aluminum Company of America's Industrial Products division and Coastal Products & Chemicals, Houston

Gov. Mario Cuomo has threatened to veto Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's budget for next

The Swedish shipping group Wallenius Line plans to transfer one or two of its car carriers to the U.

The Khian Sea, the freighter laden with Philadelphia's waste ash, is again looking for a port.

Rand McNally & Co. has repackaged the microcomputer version of the Official Household Goods Carriers

New Niagara Bridge Needed, Engineers SayBUFFALO, N.Y. - Another bridge is needed across the

The Interstate Commerce Commission should set broad guidelines to help resolve freight bill undercha

Chemical Leaman Posts Fourth Quarter LossEXTON, Pa. - Chemical Leaman Corp. reported a fourt

Frank Drozak, president of the Seafarers' International Union, again rapped the U.S. government for

Individual member lines of a rate-setting conference covering U.S. exports to southern Europe are pl

The boom in the heavy truck market may abate sooner than most manufacturers expect, according to a r

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A federal mediator is meeting with tugboat owners and union officers, seeking to avert a harbor work

Prospects for the tanker market in the next few years are likely to depend very much on U.S. domesti

On Luring Foreign Investors to the U.S.: A long list of juicy advantages is being offered fo

U.S. trade officials will wait until May to review the possible reallocation of Panama's share of th

Ferry services between Britain and continental Europe were disrupted again Monday as the strike by B

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

Ford Pay Hike Rejected As UK Workers StrikeUnions representing more than 32,000 auto workers

Bid to Review Ruling On Steel Pipe DeniedThe U.S. International Trade Commission dismissed a

BONDED WAREHOUSE AND FOREIGN TRADE ZONE FEES. No annual fee for bonded warehouses or foreign trade z

dImporters of automobiles and other foreign products crowded customs offices Monday to bring in a wi

The following business missions are scheduled to arrive in the United States. The Journal of Commerc

China plans a major shake-up of its main textile entity in an attempt to improve management and boos

The defense and electronics group Matra SA, the first French state-owned concern to be offered to th

With the army blockading Palestinian refugee camps in the Gaza Strip, the future of Israel's most pr

WORLD BANK ETHIOPIA - $70 million to train professionals in farming, forestry, engineering a

U.S. companies are pouring money into Malaysia's blossoming electronics sector, already the country'

Japan May Cut Imports Of US Feed GrainsZenchu, Japan's Central Union of Agricultural Coopera

Japanese automakers assembled cars at a faster average rate at company plants in the United States t

An organization representing U.S. semiconductor manufacturers is examining China's electronics indus

China is adopting new guidelines for its rapidly developing electronics industry. The aim is

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J.P. Stevens & Co. said it received a merger proposal from a new company formed by a group of its se

The U.S. dollar drifted lower Monday in a market made cautious by this week's meeting of the policy-

Prices of Mexican debt in the secondary market continue to be weak ahead of Mexico's Feb. 19 bond-fo