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Decades ago, in a book of English aphorisms, I came across a morsel that counseled mistrust of any s

Used ships are worth more these days for two reasons. One, the price of new ships has skyrocketed, a

A dispute over whether U.S. companies can send commercial payloads into space on Soviet rockets is t

GE to Cut 500 Jobs At Jet Engine PlantEVENDALE, Ohio - General Electric Co. said it will cut

WHAT MAY HAVE SEEMED PREMATURE early in the year now looks like a pretty good idea, say North Caroli

The Union Pacific Railroad ordered 100 specialized railroad wheel assemblies and 175 RoadRailer truc

Britain's newest railway began commercial operations along a 7.5-mile route through the former Dockl

Chessie Is History, As C&O, CSXT MergeRICHMOND, Va. - Another venerable railroad name - C&O

Japanese bankers received an appeal from the British chairman of Eurotunnel Tuesday for greater fina

Norfolk Southern Corp., which is trying to reduce its non-union employment by 20 percent, is reorgan

The government intervened quickly to prevent the start of a second national rail stoppage only three

Shippers and truckers are reopening talks on controversial freight claims issues that traditionally

The captain of a Greek ship tossed three Tanzanian stowaways into the Indian Ocean just off the coas

The Kuwaiti supertanker Al-Faiha is to be renamed the Tonbridge under the U.K. merchant navy flag, a

Iranian speedboat commandos attacked and set fire to a Spanish supertanker in the Persian Gulf Tuesd

Two children play in the water near the shore here trying to ride the wake on pink and green inflata

Despite the rise in hostilities in the Persian Gulf over the past few days, insurers are holding off

As huge trucks roared and rattled their way onto the American Eagle, a cargo ship on charter to the

The National Union of Seamen urged its 20,000 members not to work on Kuwaiti oil tankers registered

Evergreen Boosts Sailing FrequencyEvergreen Lines is increasing its sailing frequency to pro

A Maritime Administration public counsel said he does not believe American President Lines Ltd. shou

1105.0 (Sept. 1) Previous day - 1111.0 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in

Teamsters union president Jackie Presser says the 1.7-million-member union will fight the federal go

Aeroquip Selects Site In Ky. for Home BaseJACKSON, Mich. - Aeroquip Automotive Inc. has sele

Steel production fell to 1.673 million tons in the week ended Aug. 29, a decrease of 0.9 percent fro

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French Prime Minister Jacques Chirac said that some industrial countries - notably the United States

It can be a jungle out there in the rat race of the modern world, but apparently for some people tha

Postal Service automation, which already can send about half of all delivered mail to the final lett

Communities that staggered under massive premium increases last year or were unable to find coverage

Officials of economically depressed Richland County are going to the races in an offbeat community e

About 4,300 technical, office and service employees struck Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan ea

Two big non-agriculture companies are expected to reap six-figure sums from the federal farm payment

Individual and small-group subscribers of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey face a 25 percent

The results of a recent study on Agent Orange levels in Vietnam veterans would make it impossible to

A Los Angeles lawyer who represented alleged asbestos contamination victims has been removed from 37

Federal health officials are expecting a surge in the number of reported cases of acquired immune de

Truck drivers, cabbies and pedestrians are still going to have to watch carefully for roaring bicycl

Traffic Deaths Rise On 65 MPH HighwaysSANTA FE, N.M. - Traffic deaths on New Mexico's inters

The Maritime Administration is trying to improve its system for keeping track of the heavy pace of d