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The port of San Francisco hopes it's found the answer to a problem facing the shipping industry in n

Carolina Steam and Stoker, Lake Wylie, S.C., garnered two spot steam coal awards covering deliveries

Engineers at General Motors Corp.'s Pontiac, Mich., manufacturing complexare starting up a new circu

BANKING COMMERZBANK (Frankfurt, West Germany) - Klaus Mueller-Gabel was named managing direc

The ports in Oregon and Washington are helping to boost growth in the Pacific Northwest, according t

Top Stories Two years after its official debut, the Caribbean Basin Initiative is beginning

The West German insurers of Sandoz AG, the major Swiss chemical company responsible for a chemical s

Merck Sharp & Dohme announced the introduction in the United States of PEPCID (Famotidine, MSD) for

Results of a major new study on the costs of operating a retail fertilizer business reveal that dry-

Production of the combined nutrient groups was 8 percent lower in September 1986, compared with Sept

Royal Insurance PLC, Britain's largest general lines insurer, announced pretax profits for the first

A group of 37 Japanese banking institutions that work together to administer bond issues in Japan by

Members of the London Stock Exchange voted overwhelmingly to merge with an international securities

Dutch and Argentine officials are scheduled to meet in New York next week in an effort to resolve th

Ten Electric Boat shipyard employees have filed suit against four machine- tool manufacturers, conte

Olympia to Ship Glass to IndonesiaOLYMPIA, Wash. - Six-thousand tons of cullet - broken glas

Analysts Report Output Continues to Edge UpU.S. industrial production continued to increase

Ford Motor Co. is planning to open a US$500 million plant in the northwestern state of Sonora today

Senior Argentine traders here have raised their estimates for Argentina's 1986-87 (April-March) whea

Cost-cutting and cargo increases have enabled the Port of Houston Authority to show a profit for the

The number of people out of work in Britain fell by almost 100,000 in October, a larger-than-expecte

Britoil Plans to Sell Its Assets in USBritoil PLC said it plans to sell its U.S. assets and

Council of Logistics Management, New York City round-table. Nov. 14, Bristol- Myers Co., second floo

Antitrust problems in the health-care industry will be the focus of the Federal Trade Commission in

Santa Fe Railway has begun offering shippers a network of high-speed, low-cost freight trains opera

The director of the Teamsters union's largest pension fund said he is pleased with a labor/managemen

2nd Saga Ship Enters Westwood ServiceVANCOUVER, British Columbia - The second of a new class

Houston Puts BakerIn Port JobThe Port of Houston Authority tapped shipping industry

The Antwerp-based Gevaert group has acquired 12.5 percent stake in Hapag- Lloyd, West Germany's bigg

After months of asset sales resulting in a huge cash hoard, a local entrepreneur, Li Ka-shing, is re

Boeing Gets Orders From Cathay, SouthwestBoeing Commercial Airplane Co. confirmed orders for

The supply of platinum is expected to fall short of demand for the second consecutive year, accordin

IMF SENEGAL - $88 million from the International Monetary Fund in return for promises by the

Some U.S. economists said they were not alarmed by the record $5-billion U.S. trade deficit with Jap

The Bond Corp. of Australia has faltered in its attempt to take over $275 million of debt in the Phi

Proposed drastic reductions in Japan's coal output will mean more importsfrom the country's

And the Winners Are WASHINGTON - The Department of Transportation selected 12 underwriters a

Next year will be a critical test of whether commercial banks will do their part in helping the econ

China will attempt to expand aluminum production in the next five years, despite the cost and poor r

Kuhlman Unit Settles Labor Dispute TROY, Mich. - Employees at Kuhlman Corp.'s Bronson Plasti