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Burlington Northern Railroad's year-old Twin-Pack stack train service, the first such operation to b

The Soviet Union apparently completed a naval exercise in waters to the north of Japan that was amon

The surgeon general of the United States urged the maritime industry to make a commitment to prevent

A number of Norwegian shipowners have begun negotiations that could lead to the building of eight ne

The U.S. Coast Guard barque Eagle is going down under in the fall of 1987, taking a crew of Coast Gu

Iraq said Wednesday that its jet fighters attacked two oil tankers in Iranian shipping lanes as part

Hanjin Container Lines Ltd. is close to reaching an agreement with the Port of Seattle for the South

The New Orleans Dock Board reduced its dockage fees for ships in port for repairs or lay-up, but por

The St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp. and the Commerce Department will sponsor a Great Lakes Exp

Seven men swept off a Navy aircraft carrier on maneuvers in stormy seas were picked up by a rescue b

COAL SUPPLIERS are anxiously awaiting word from the Tennessee Valley Authority on two fronts.

The smallest of British Columbia's two new northeast project coal mines was forced by its Japanese c

Naphthalene Price Drops Slightly The price range for naphthalene refined grade dropped sligh

As Hurricane Charlie churned up the Eastern Seaboard Monday, Narragansett Electric Co. officials fel

Researchers found ground areas with significantly strong radioactivity" throughout Poland, caused by

Frost & Sullivan Inc. is offering a new report on the market for engineering thermoplastics in Europ

The International Association of Medicine and Biology of the Environment (IAMBE) and the National Hu

A bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that would ban the selling or trading of free pharmaceut

NY Utility Building Experimental Coal PlantALBANY, N.Y. - Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. will co

Ask random outsiders about the background of the top executive at this city's largest company and th

Corn remained in mostly good to excellent condition in the Corn Belt and Northern and Central Plains

US Facilities Corp. is proposing to go public and enter the property/casualty reinsurance business w

Stocks declined Tuesday amid concern about weak corporate profits following the Commerce Department'

Tuesday, August 19,1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanadaU.K.

A judge upheld a court order freezing US$25 million in Libyan assets obtained by two Italian compani

The federal agency that underwrites the pensions of 38 million retired workers agreed to take over p

GENERAL NEWSA first-year revenue gain in the tax reform bill might give Congress an excuse t

Sponsor Blasts Defeat of Fishing Insurance BillThe sponsor of federal legislation aimed at r

General Signal Sells S. African OperationsSTAMFORD, Conn. - General Signal Corp. said it sol

Steel production rose to 1.246 million tons in the week ended Aug. 16, an increase of 2.8 percent fr

GENERAL NEWSA first-year revenue gain in the tax reform bill might give Congress an excuse t

Continued deterioration in business investment and in the U.S. trade performance over the last three

The committee of commercial banks overseeing bank credit negotiations with Mexico said they had agre

Lowe Tapped For Top PostAt CanadairDonald C. Lowe will become Canadair's president a

News of the lowest quarterly economic growth figure in the United States in 3 years drove the U.S. d

A first-year gain of $11 billion in the tax reform bill might provide Congress the excuse it needs t

The Shipping Chamber of Greece, the Greek government's principal advisory agency on marine affairs,

Tugboats extinguished a blaze aboard a Norwegian-owned supertanker in one of the biggest marine salv

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

Canadian Wheat Crop Looks Good So FarKANSAS CITY Canadian prairie wheat production this yea