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Following the near-bankruptcy of Tateho Chemical Industries Co. last weekbecause of yen bond

Hale Shipping Corp. named three managers for its operations at different ports. Peter Clark

New legislation enacted Friday will tighten Japanese restrictions on shipments of highly sensitive e

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

The U.S. economy continued to expand in August, the nation's purchasing managers said in a report re

Fri., Sept. 4, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Following are excerpts of the English translation of an interview Thursday with Mexico's President M

Doug Griffith was elected president of the United Auto Workers at the troubled Douglas Aircraft Co.'

Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp. will waste no time in finding a buyer for the Southern Pacific Trans

Motor carrier earnings in a major industry rate bureau hit an all-time low during the past year, tru

ATA Names French To New PositionAmerican Trucking Associations announced that Mark French wi

U.S. banks are being hit the hardest by Brazil's continuing moratorium on foreign debt interest paym

An $18.6 million contract has been awarded by the port of Tacoma for construction of its new contain

Three Airlines to Buy Boeing 737 JetlinersSEATTLE, Wash. - Airlines from Taiwan, Okinawa and

Fear of contracting the AIDS virus may be a boon for some U.S. importers. It may also be a b

The maritime industry must occasionally wish that its political clout matched its campaign contribut

Pittston Cuts Costs By Buying Back SharesGREENWICH, Conn. - The Pittston Co. Friday began bu

September 4, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gall

Indonesian Mines and Energy Minister Subroto said that his country was seeking to to increase liquef

Endevco Inc. said it signed a 10-year agreement with an industrial user to provide five million cubi

Legislation clearing the way for the complete privatization of Japan Air Lines, the country's nation

UP and SP Agree On Texas Track RightsUnion Pacific Railroad and Southern Pacific Transportat

National Conference of Insurance Legislators will hold its second 1987 seminar Sept. 9-11 in Newport

Beef comes from cattle. Bread comes from grain. And olestra comes from Cincinnati. Olestra i

Despite sharp increases in non-oil commodity prices this year, fundamental economic forces and curre

Hyundai Motor Corp., following the lead of BMW, Saab and Peugeot, says it is moving its South Atlant

Unlike most of its Caribbean neighbors, Trinidad and Tobago has never paid much attention to tourism

From Senegal to Angola, West African nations are selling off state-owned enterprises to private inte

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

European oil traders appear to have become cynical about the ups and downs of the Persian Gulf war,

The dollar continued to tumble Thursday and interest rates kept rising, making it likely that U.S. b

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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