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The civilian government of Thailand, a precarious institution at best, is facing a new crisis only t

U.S. firms, which in the past insisted Japan buy their telecommunications products as is, now are w

Japan is asking its top industries to avoid weakening the impact of U.S. economic sanctions against

Nissan Motor Co., Japan's second-largest automobile maker reported 38.6 billion yen (US$198.8 millio

Increased aluminum production is to get top priority in China's drive to develop its nonferrous indu

Mexican Ford Plant Opens for US ExportMercury Tracers are heading to the United States from

Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japan's prime minister, and his Chinese hosts are expected to tread softly around

The United States didn't violate the General Agreement on Tariffs and Tradewhen it imposed a trade e

China will spend 45 billion yuan (US$12 billion) on urban development during the rest of this decade

Chinese Exchange Bows PEKING - Shanghai opened a currency exchange center where foreign inve

CME Names ArakawaTokyo ChiefThe Chicago Mercantile Exchange appointed Takeo Arakawa,

John Gaughan, U.S. maritime administrator, delivered a blistering attack on protectionism and other

ILA, Boston Agree BOSTON - The Boston Shipping Association reached tentative contract terms

Donald Carson, the third-ranking officer of the International Longshoremen's Association, says he is

Debate continues to grow over calls for more competition in European civil aviation as European Comm

The Soviet Union is bidding to break into Argentina's downstream fertilizer sector, even as attentio

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

As the last of three Sea-Land containerships is readied for launch at a Wisconsin shipyard, competit

The Panamanian chemical tanker Emir Man, 13,290 gross tons, is still on fire, Lloyd's said.

The Storli Shipping Co. received official permission to transfer the last two of its six Polish-buil

The racketeering indictment of Donald Carson, general organizer of the International Longshoremen's

Port officials in Bordeaux are trying to find new traffic to reverse a decline in cargo volume resu

The contract to lengthen the fifth Atlantic Container Line ship, Atlantic Conveyor, was placed by Cu

ON TRACING INSURANCE REGULATIONS BACK TO THE BEGINNING: In the Navy I was in during World Wa

Efforts by states to persuade Health Maintenance Organizations to accept the poor and the poor to ac

NY to Rule in December On Blues Rate RequestsBUFFALO, N.Y. - Rate requests sought by Blue Cr

BP Ventures granted a worldwide manufacturing and sales license for its novel pigment, called Shield

Flights of fancy automobiles will begin early next year when General Motors Corp. begins production

The Federal Maritime Commission announced the following petitions for ocean freight forwarder licens

The combination cruise ship and automobile ferry Scotia Prince, which for the past six years has shu

A loose-knit international research organization is providing the world with sufficient food to feed

Private companies could be called on to construct a private container terminal at Santos to help rel

With virtually every sector of shipping facing several more grim years, top industry representatives

International Cargo Handling Coordination Association, U.S. National Committee. Luncheon. Nov. 12 at

The strike at the Amstar sugar refinery in Brooklyn ended Thursday as a result of the contract agree

The size of the U.S. oceangoing merchant fleet may be declining, but graduates of the U.S. Merchant

Rice Production Fell In South Korea in '86SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's rice production

A fierce anger is rising in this tiny, picture-postcard New England town. You can see it in

Inter-Continental Hotels claims it invented the concept of the frequent stay program back in 1984.

Campaign Works MOSCOW - Politburo member Yegor K. Ligachev said the anti-alcohol campaign la