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Hearings Scheduled On Logan Fee HikeThe Massachusetts Port Authority says burgeoning interes

Rail shipper groups are pleased Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp. decided to sell the Southern Pacific

1265.5 (Jan. 4) Previous day - 1263.5 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in L

Despite healthy traffic gains in the third quarter of 1987, revenue and earnings for major railroads

Day by day, towering construction cranes transform Seattle's skyline. Puget Sound ports are booming.

A New York-New Jersey trucking group soon will try again to persuade the Federal Maritime Commission

Spurred by the soaring Japanese yen, Japan's captains of industry are scrambling to move production

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

Greater imports by the United States and lower domestic production are likely to cause a sugar short

When domestic sugar industry representatives gather here Jan. 13 to continue discussions on alternat

The new International Sugar Agreement has not attracted sufficient support to enter into force autom

White pigment is snowballing. Titanium dioxide, an additive for paint, plastics and paper, i

An Austrian company has developed a "modern office" for a car or any other vehicle that combines a m

Meat imports are not expected to rise enough in 1988 to trigger mandatory quotas on shipments from f

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

US Expects to Receive Fewer Japanese AutosJapan's auto exports to the United States will fal

CLASSIFICATION OF GLOVES. All gloves entered under 735.0660 or 735.0700 shall be entered under Singl

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

Italian Prime Minister Giovanni Goria and Indonesian President Suharto will discuss ways to step up

French Minister Cites Secret Dollar AccordPARIS - Finance Minister Edouard Balladur said in

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

U.S. construction spending rose 2.2 percent in November to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $419

International Monetary Fund officials are scheduled to return to Argentina this week, amid deepening

Manville Corp. announced Monday it has sold three of its manufacturing plants to BNZ Materials Inc.,

Mon., Jan. 4, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

Sub-Saharan Africa sank deeper into debt and poverty in 1987 and an uncertain world economy could ma

Stock Prices Soar As Dollar RecoversNEW YORK - Stock prices soared in a broad-based rally Mo

Two U.S. shipping lines - American President Lines Ltd. and Sea-Land Service Inc. - start the year w

The fervor over life insurers' use of the AIDS antibody test hasn't hit French shores yet. F

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

There is no surer sign an industry has entered a structural recession than if it no longer can affor

Veterans Administration officials have recommended that 11 employees at VA medical centers in Philad

The Reagan administration will continue to press more countries to open their markets to U.S. export

After a lukewarm November reception by French private investors in Eurotunnel - the British-French c

Thai International Airways reports record pre-tax operating profit of nearly 2.2 billion baht (US$88

Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp. Thursday filed its plan of divestiture with the Interstate Commerce

The United Nations agency which oversees the safety and efficiency of world air transport is facing

Pemex Earnings Reach $8 BillionThe state oil monopoly Petroleos Mexicanos announced that ear

Oxford Energy Co. said it sold its limited partner interest in a 1.8 megawatt hydroelectric dam to S

A decade ago in Christmas week, 36 grain elevator workers were killed when grain dust with the explo