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Legislative deadlines for implementing new heavy-truck safety laws may be too ambitious for federal

The next generation of anti-lock brakes for heavy trucks could be even shorter lived than the last.<

DESPITE ALL THE BROUHAHA over President Reagan's veto of the highway bill, the administration never

Record passenger and cargo throughput at Los Angeles International Airport in 1986 demonstrates once

Two of the country's largest airlines, Delta and Eastern, face possible fines for allegedly misleadi

Air traffic control miscues that resulted in planes coming closer than federal regulations permit so

Boeing's Faulty Repairs Blamed for JAL CrashA Transport Ministry official blamed faulty repa

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

Canadian Airlines International Ltd. and Flying Tiger Line Inc. have launched the first joint round-

State-owned Air Canada reported a major financial turnaround in 1986, announcing a profit of C$40.4

Caribbean countries that export sugar to the U.S. market will be badly hurt if proposed changes in t

Importers will do well to keep their eye on up-scale markets, statistics show. According to

Headband Cooler Aids Long-distance DriversJapan's Majima Co. has developed a headband that c

The outlawed Solidarity labor movement said Poland's economic crisis could only be overcome by a swe

US Sets New Quotas For Mexican TextilesThe U.S. government has established new import quotas

In Tokyo's financial district, each upward tick of the Japanese yen now registers on new digital wal

Japan posted a trade surplus of $8.085 billion in March, bringing its surplus for fiscal 1986, which

Carbozulia, a subsidiary of Petroleos de Venezuela SA, signed a preliminary development agreement wi

Witco Unit Hikes Price Of Aluminum ChlorideWitco Corp.'s Argus Division has posted a 4-cent-

Orders for U.S.-made semiconductors broke through the $1 billion level in March, creating optimism t

Suppliers to the U.S. semiconductor industry are critical to the future of U.S. electronics and need

An estimated 250 men Friday joined about 600 coal miners who were reported on a wildcat strike Thurs

Reichhold Division Hikes Price of ResinsThe Newport Division of Reichhold Chemicals Inc. ann

The European Community is considering raising tariffs on certain Japanese products that it fears may

China Steel Co., Taiwan's state steel company, may take trial cargoes of U.S. coking coal as part of

The coal contract year in Europe is under way with steel mills pressing coal vendors to lower their

ILWU Chief Recovers From Heart SurgeryWest Coast longshore leader James Herman is recovering

Delta Steamship Lines, no longer an operating carrier, has fired the opening broadside in its appeal

Kent Line has started a modest westbound trans-Atlantic service between Rotterdam and Saint John, Ne

Nationale-Nederlanden reported net profit in 1986 was the equivalent of $289.9 million. The

The state needs 60 days to review automobile insurance filings. Acting Insurance Commissione

Western Canada's vast amount of backhaul cargo for the Far East will be the prime motivator for kee

Executives of longshoremen locals in eastern Canada are meeting today in Saint John, New Brunswick,

THE REDOUBTABLE PRESIDENT of the International Longshoremen's Association, Thomas W. Gleason, was c

The British foreign secretary Friday assailed protectionist attitudes, saying a trade war would caus

The Justice Department seeks to recover some $128 million in connection with the operation of two li

The Marine Society of the City of New York. 217th annual dinner. April 13 at the Plaza Hotel, New Y

The financially troubled Korea Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. has applied for court receivership t

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

A further plunge by the dollar would weaken the U.S. and world economies, increase the chance of a r