Commentary

Wanted: One senior executive to oversee the most exciting civil engineering project of the century.<

On the same day OPEC announced it would cut crude oil production and raise prices to $18 a barrel, a

GUY F. TOZZOLI IS RETIRING from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey after 40 years with th

THE ENERGY BUSINESS HAS BECOME increasingly competitive over the past few years. If you don't believ

IS THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION really committed to helping U.S. exporters? Some businessmen have doubt

''We have to forge our future, instead of waiting for it to happen," the soft-spoken, lightly bearde

HOW TOUGH ARE THE JAPANESE when it comes to trade negotiations? To hear Glen S. Fukushima tell it,

I knew I was back home in San Francisco when driving into the city from the airport along Junipero S

ONE CALL FOR THE WHOLE HAUL. That's how Hays T. Watkins, chairman and chief executive officer of CSX

It's no contest when the colossal comes up against the merely sensible on the political playing fiel

OH, THOSE SLY FELLOWS, your congressman and mine. It was bad enough when they failed to knock down t

Treasury Secretary James A. Baker III and Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker have for some time b

As part of its ongoing but thus far relatively ineffectual efforts to defend its sovereignty in the

AT THE HEART OF THE GLOBAL trend toward protectionism is the issue of jobs. For a politician, a prot

ONE CAN ONLY APPLAUD the cooperative effort by the Maryland Port Administration and the Internationa

The global grain situation is beginning to rebound, as evidenced by increased import demand by China

THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY CAN WORK in a deregulated environment or a totally regulated one, but not in so

In a sense, the cargo preference laws have never been stronger. The decisions of the U.S. District

When the Iran arms-contra aid scandal first began making headlines in November, many experienced Was

Why doesn't the United States export more? The answer is complicated but can be summarized along the

WE MUST DEMAND MORE OF OURSELVES and our children, President Reagan told the nation in his State of

DON'T SAY U.S. FARMERS aren't ingenious. Faced with the Reagan administration's determination to hol

Arms Control Needed For Free Farm TradeThe special report "Crisis in Farm Trade," (JofC, Jan

Years ago, I read a book that outlined a highly successful method of forecasting the stock market.

Preference cargo is today vitally important to the U.S. Merchant Marine. In 1985, Military Sealift C

The major reshuffle of the Greek government is seen in Athens as confirmation that Prime Minister An

The annals of self-injurious fanaticism have now been enriched by an expert account of the Pentagon'

ECONOMISTS' FORECASTS have gotten systematically worse over the years, right? Not at all, says Vict

Can a nation call itself a superpower if it does not have a merchant marine? The United States seems

A LEADING MARITIME FIGURE the other day addressed the issue of the change occuring in the shipping

Britain's shipowners and port operators can be excused for feeling slightly paranoid after being eng

DON'T DO AS I DO, do as I say. The United States often has lectured its European trading partners an

There is little doubt that the U.S. trade deficit is now the country's preeminent economic concern.<

BATTLES LINES are being drawn once again over taxing imported oil to raise income and help lift a de

What is this recent reform jazz all about? Can the Soviet Union catch up with the United States?

THE MILLION-MEMBER ARMY of newspaper carriers is changing, the American Newspaper Publishers Associa

Half the walls in Thomas B. Crowley's spacious office on the 48th floor of 101 California St. are co

ALONGSIDE MOST TRANSPORTATION DISPUTES, the battle on the San Francisco waterfront is a horse of a d

WHEN IS A TAX INCREASE not a tax increase? When, as everyone knows, it is a revenue enhancement. Tim

Spurred by the need to generate revenue on the federal level to fund budget deficits, worker adjustm