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A commuter pilot was sucked partway out of his plane and clung to a door for about 10 minutes but su

New Jersey utilities requested a total of $45.7 million in rate increases last year, but unfavorable

Purolator Approves Merger With EmeryBASKING RIDGE, N.J. - Purolator Courier Corp. stockholde

Barbara A. Curran, president of the state Board of Public Utilities, will resign her post later this

Commission Seeks Ship Act CommentsThe Federal Maritime Commission said it recently mailed sh

Teco Transport & Trade Corp. loaded the first vessel to take on more than 100,000 tons of coal at a

Australian Miners Consider ProtestSYDNEY, Australia - Australian coal miners continued meeti

While the U.S. share of the world petrochemical market declined notably during the first half of thi

Rail Service Begins On Former BN LinesWAHPETON, N.D. - The Red River Valley & Western Railro

Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp. will confirm today that it plans to sell Southern Pacific Transporta

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded Roy F. Weston Inc. a $102 million contract for

A long-awaited cleanup is set to begin Friday at the 400-acre site of the abandoned Johns-Manville p

Citing an imminent hazard to workers, state safety officials have shut down critical repair machiner

A new, genetically engineered drug has dramatically, although temporarily, boosted the immune system

In the highly competitive and fast-paced world of chemicals and high technology it's a good idea to

For the week ended Aug. 22, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

Triangle Unit to Bid For Guardian SharesTriangle Industries Inc. announced that about Sept.

GE Information Services and ACS Network Systems Inc. have reached an agreement in which GE will prov

Fourteen elms injected with genetically altered bacteria will be destroyed, say Montana State Univer

A leading investor in the shipping industry has urged a complete shipping embargo in the Persian Gul

State Sen. Vincent J. Fumo has called for the resignation of the Philadelphia Port Corp.'s chairman,

The Italian ambassador to Iran has been instructed to lodge a protest with the Iranian government af

The nation's two longshore unions and some waterfront employers jointly will press for a change in a

The Hoegh Drake passes in front of the Opera House overlooking Sydney harbor in Australia. The ship

A total of 353 ships have been reported attacked or damaged in the Persian Gulf since May 1981 as a

Twenty-two Indian crewmen of a Kuwaiti-flagged freighter that was attacked by Iranian speedboats in

U.S. warships Thursday began escorting a convoy of reflagged Kuwaiti tankers through the Persian Gul

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. Panel discussion on Soviet sea power. Sept. 14 at the academy's Bowdit

An Aug. 28, front page article describing an Interstate Commerce Commission decision on aQuaker Oats

Japanese vessels will not enter the Persian Gulf for at least "one or two days" unless the Japanese

PACCAR Buys Owner Of Auto Parts ChainBELLEVUE, Wash. - PACCAR Inc., the heavy-duty truck man

More than 100 vehicle safety inspectors fanned out across 11 Northeastern states last week to track

A nationwide effort by Greyhound Bus Lines to resurrect rural service is expected to be inaugurated

THE UNITED AIRLINES DECISION THIS WEEK TO PULL OUT of Wilmington, Del., gives a feeling of deja vu.<

Negotiators in Ford Motor Co. contract talks, hoping to reach an agreement by Sept. 14, say they hav

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The U.S. State Department, through Coast Guard notices to mariners, is warning all U.S.-owned and op

1066.0 (Sept. 3) Previous day - 1084.5 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in

Ratification of an new longshoremen's contract for the West Coast is expected to be certified as off

Ocean carriers can increase efficiency by improving mangement, shoreside operations and ship manning