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President Reagan was expected to designate Edward J. Philbin, a member of the Federal Maritime Commi

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Daily Industrial Materials Price Index of Sensitive Spot Commodity Prices on

WORLD BANK TURKEY - Three loans totaling $300 million to enhance Turkey's industrial exports

The Reagan administration may change the way the world looks at trade figures with a plan to report

Peru's Compania Sud Americana de Vapores (CSAV) opposes efforts by a privately owned Peruvian-flag o

Greater freedom in using Teamsters workers heads the list of cost-cutting measures trucking employer

Consumption of U.S.-produced fertilizer was greater for all major nutrient groups for the July-Decem

Japan's 1988 gold imports are expected to be at or slightly above 1987 levels as domestic demand is

Mexicans Go to Tokyo To Discuss Debt PlanTOKYO - A Mexican government delegation is visiting

CF Airfreight Adds 2nd Nightly NY FlightCF Airfreight has added a second nightly flight to t

Crude Steel Production Rose 13 percent in DecemberBRUSSELS, Belgium - Crude steel output in

Brazil has auctioned off a contract to ship 23,000 metric tons of raw sugar to the United States by

While the value of the U.S. dollar has sagged all over the world, Americans could always turn to Can

Fri., Jan. 22, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

A New York State Supreme Court judge has stayed a court case brought by three insurers against Frank

Virgin Atlantic, the independent British airline, is adding over 20 new cargo destinations this mont

Defendants in a waterfront racketeering trial will turn FBI wiretap recordings to their own use this

Skyway Freight Systems Inc. sees a further expansion of its data logistics services now that it is a

Austrian developers have come up with a measuring device that can determine the strength of a road's

Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp. decided to sell its Southern Pacific Transportation Co. subsidiary t

Midwestern electric utilities told the City of Chicago they have enough excess power to spare if the

Orders for U.S.-produced machine tools surged in December, but for all of 1987 orders were down 0.3

A lawyer for a church being sued by the parents of a youth who committed suicide after pastoral coun

Charterers Mutual Sees Membership GainThe Charterers Mutual Assurance Association Ltd., an i

WITH THEIR BACKS to the windows facing New York harbor, the five men stood in a semi-circle making s

Douglas Aircraft Co. had a double-barreled reason for adopting electronic data interchange technolog

Energy-short South Korea has received its first shipment of Arab oil from a Korean-U.S. joint ventur

Miles Inc. will expand citric acid production capacity by 50 million pounds at existing facilities,

Ky. Supreme Court Overturns Highway TaxThe Kentucky Supreme Court overturned a highway user

Erbamont NV's five-year $60 million product development plans in Japan were bolstered by a recent ag

Hearings and deadline dates for pending U.S. International Trade Commission investigations:*

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

Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee,plans to hold a ma

Heads of major Brazilian exporting companies plan to request a rapid resolution of threatened U.S. t

Tennessee Valley Authority limited its spot coal purchases to only three orders in the second week o

A White House spokesman says a review of operations shows that U.S. efforts to protect international

The double-stack train has benefited West Coast ports more than ports in any other region, according

California and Arizona produce growers are beginning to fear for their long- range survival from wha

Scientists specializing in occupational disease are highly critical of state worker compensation law