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COMMUTER MEETS CONTAINER: One of the first moves after United States Lines Inc. filed for protection

The Federal Maritime Commission at its next scheduled meeting Wednesday, Feb. 11, will consider the

The serious game of seaport musical chairs in southeastern Florida has left the early loser a big w

The port of New Orleans this week tackled its largest-ever direct steel- loading operation from a sh

American Association of Port Authorities. Seminar on container terminal design standards. Feb. 9-11

The sale of an associated membership at the Chicago Board of Trade matches the previous record sale

CSCE Announces Cuts In Margin RequirementsThe Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange announced tha

Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry is considering allowing Daihatsu Motor Co., Jap

Oil production on the Norwegian continental shelf increased by 10 percent to 41.3 million tons last

The Indonesian state energy monopoly is mounting a new effort to woo foreign oil companies as explor

Most of the world's major tin producing countries will cut exports beginning next month in an attemp

Auditors have determined that Texaco Inc. owes Louisiana more than $250 million in underpaid royalti

The "substantial" drawdown of oil stocks caused by severe winter conditions in the Northern Hemisphe

Brooklyn Union Gas Sells Propane InterestBROOKLYN, N.Y. - Brooklyn Union Gas Co. sold a subs

Crude oil output in France last year reached a record 21.9 million barrels, up 12 percent on 1985, b

In an effort to correct what it admits is a backward industrial sector, China is planning major chan

Pressed by incentives granted other multinational competitors, IBM do Brasil is farming out producti

A Scottish businessman accused of plotting to send oil-drilling equipment to Libya in violation of a

Prime Minister Brian Mulroney accused the senior U.S. trade envoy of insensitivity for questioning

Gov. Thomas H. Kean announced the formation of a business and labor coalition that will seek a 5 cen

In the latest development of a controversial proposal to import natural gasfrom neighboring

Cell Analysis Systems, Inc. (CAS) and Becton Dickinson & Co. announced that they have entered into a

Net Income Up At Chemed Corp.Chemed Corp. reported fourth quarter net income rose sharply to

Few major U.S. business destinations offer a truly wide choice of hotels to the commercial traveler.

Consolidated Freight To Upgrade Ohio UnitAKRON, Ohio - Consolidated Freightways Inc. announc

For the week ended Jan. 24, 1987, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equ

McClain Airlines Denies Service Was SuspendedPHOENIX, Ariz. - A spokesman for McClain Airlin

The city of Chicago is moving ahead with the design phase of the International Terminal at O'Hare In

Grumman Corp. said it has been selected by Rolls-Royce Ltd., of Derby, England, to design and instal

Earnings Increase At Kenan TransportCHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Kenan Transport Co. reported fourth

Don't look at the United States as the model for the deregulation of the Canadian trucking industry.

Boeing Commercial Airplane Co.'s decision last week to proceed with development of its 7J7 airliner

Women's Traffic Club of New York. Monthly meeting, Feb. 10, at Downtown Athletic Club. 19 West St.,

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

A new attempt by U.S. textile interests to restrict imports was predicted by Hamish Macleod, Hong Ko

A proposed code to harmonize identification of commodities for trade may be ''held hostage on some o

R. Kenneth Johns retired as president of Sea-Land Service Inc. and is being replaced by Jackson A. B

The Burlington Northern Railroad attacked the proposed merger of the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific r

Nearly half of the Senate co-sponsored a comprehensive bill to reform the nation's trade laws.

An increase in the worldwide demand for oil and a decline in production from the Organization of Pet