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Commerce Sets Limits On Mauritius GoodsThe Commerce Department set import limits on certain

The time has come once again for grown-ups to wallow in the world of toys. It's sensory over

GATT Talks Resume GENEVA - Members of the 92-nation General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade w

Heavy truck leasing companies and dealers who sell big rigs met with government tax writers last wee

Top Stories The once traditional marine insurance market is falling victim to the slump in s

Last December, The Journal of Commerce offered free help-wanted classified ads to former employees o

Seattle port commissioners voted unanimously to jump into the hotly contested on-dock rail race - bu

The United States will not hesitate to take legislative or executive action against attempts to subv

Flags of convenience are here to stay and will grow, Liberia declared in a spirited defense of the o

Japanese shipbuilding yards within the next few years will receive orders for two U.S.-designed Aegi

Some 200 delegates from 41 nations ended the fifth international shipping conference here by express

The new contracts that Australian coking coal producers just negotiated with Japanese steel mills wi

February 5, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallo

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. won permission from the government to make calls at its option at ports on

Negotiations to end the longshoremen's strikes in the port of Rotterdam's conventional cargo sector

In an unusual step, the port of Oakland rejected the lowest bid on a construction project because a

The Army Corps of Engineers has given a state agency another month to see if Navy dredging technolog

Wheat Terminal Strikes Continue in AustraliaSYDNEY, Australia - Strikes continued at Austral

A non-union operator is working peacefully and smoothly in the port of Miami. Until recently

The Maritime Administration's Maritime Subsidy Board rejected a complaint against its decision to al

Shipowners, forwarding and maritime agents, trucking companies and other entrepreneurs using the por

Shippers in Asia are marshaling their forces to fight what they call unilateral hikes in freight rat

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