Transport, Trade and Regulation News

On a run to Oklahoma City a few years ago, a driver for Sunstar Foods Inc. discovered a few broken j

INGERSOLL-RAND BUYS SILVER ENGINEERINGWOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. - Ingersoll-Rand Co. has acquired

The Interstate Commerce Commission's denial of Canadian National's bid for trackage rights over the

FLOWERS INDUSTRIES INC. (Thomasville, Ga.) - Robert P. Crozer was elected vice chairman. He was vice

With more than 325 stores opened over the past four years and more expected this year, it's no wonde

Conrail and MassCentral Railroad said the long-awaited double-stack service into Palmer, Mass., will

When Roy Rogers needed to get Trigger to the United Kingdom for a 1954 European tour, he booked a st

WISCONSIN TISSUE MILLS ACQUIRES CPS DIVISIONMENASHA, Wis. - Wisconsin Tissue Mills Inc. has

A FEW CHICAGO SHIPPERS' associations say American President Intermodal's new domestic stack service

With business booming, intermodal truckers here have formed a new association to further improve the

DEL MONTE TO OPERATE OUT OF PORT MANATEEBRADENTON, Fla. - Del Monte Tropical Fruit Co. has s

Adolph Coors Co. will lead all domestic beer makers in market share increases this year. Coo

More parties are joining a suit challenging a recent Federal MaritimeCommission decision giv

Some days tractor-trailers waiting to load at Roadmaster Corp.'s plant form a line down the block. O

ALLIED PRODUCTS CORP. (Chicago) - Martin A. German was promoted to corporate vice president. He join

FIBREBOARD MAPS PLAN TO SELL OFF OPERATIONSCONCORD, Calif. - Fibreboard Corp. is returning t

More than 40 households on Bradford Island and Webb Tract in the Sacramento- San Joaquin Delta soon

A boom in U.S. wood chip exports has attracted a new shipper and $3 million investment to the Port o

Some of the largest shippers in North Carolina plan to throw their combined weight behind the state

ZAYRE CORP. PLANNING MAJOR RESTRUCTURINGFRAMINGHAM, Mass. - Zayre Corp. plans a major corpor

A tripling of sales is forcing Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd. to build a new distribution center and upgra

Analysts said Pillsbury Co. continues its desperate attempt to avoid a takeover as it signs a deal t

FEW SOVIET SHIPPERS SEEN USING COMPUTERSA management consultant said there is little use of

qThe Chemical Manufacturers' Association is leading a drive to upset a recent Federal Maritime Commi

Ralph Shindler said he normally doesn't get involved in transportation. As project manager f

BURGER KING CORP. (Miami) - C. Donald Dempsey was named executive vice president and director of mar

The grey 273-ton transformer dangled from four cables slung from a boom as the tug Pegasus II pushed

An Agriculture Department analyst says that in the wake of this summer's drought, demand for railcar

LAFARGE CORP. (Detroit) - John M. Piecuch was named executive vice president and president of the co

The rail competitive access issue needs to be settled once and for all to give railroads a chance to

CLIFFORD M. SAYRE WINS MAN OF THE YEAR AWARDClifford M. Sayre, director, supply chain, E.I.

The Port of San Francisco has begun marketing its new Stockton, Calif., inland distribution center.<

Courier Dispatch Group Inc. has agreed to buy the assets of J.A. Finn Inc. of Boston, a courier comp

A controversy-free convention marked a healing of rifts and signaled the raising of new battle flags

Green Mountain Railroad Co. has opened a lumber and wood products transfer terminal at its railyard

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Fred M. Brody, president of Brody Associates Inc., was installed last week as the president of the N

The future of the warehouse and distribution industry will be marked by increased focus on cost cont

ARACRUZ CELULOSE SELECTS BALTIMOREAracruz Celulose SA, a producer and exporter of wood pulp,