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The volume of cargo moved through the Port of Hamburg expanded 3.6 percent to 58.74 million metric t

In a move long awaited by the U.S. shipping industry, a national sealift policy statement proposed b

The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission is heading for a showdown with Congress over a

JAPAN HAILS US VIEWS ON OPENING RICE MARTTOKYO - The Japanese Agriculture Ministry said it w

Robert J. Leo has been named as vice president and counsel of the American Association of Exporters

Commercial Union, a leading U.K. composite insurer, Wednesday reported a 19 percent surge in pretax

EDS, HITACHI TO BUY NATIONAL ADVANCEDElectronic Data Systems Corp. and Hitachi Ltd. have rea

A ban on shipments of hazardous waste from 32 states and Puerto Rico began Wednesday with the operat

European Community environment ministers are likely to agree today to sweeping cuts in chlorofluoroc

Top women sailors will compete in a new race to be held during the second annual Fleet Week in New Y

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

California has established a new methanol reserve to ease the state's dependence on petroleum and he

Freight backed up at Italian border checkpoints is being cleared through customs after a week of pro

In addition to being the low bidder for military shipments on the Military Sealift Command's major g

Groups that have been fighting pressure to boost federal fuel taxes cheered long and hard Wednesday

CUT-FLOWER IMPORTS may have U.S. producers in the pink. In testimony before the Internationa

The Federal Maritime Commission's March 3 meeting will feature a closed discussion of the agency's c

Thailand's expanding economy is facing new challenges as it becomes a contender in the playing field

A visiting trade official from Michigan's trade development office in Lagos, Nigeria, has urged smal

This index alphabetically lists all significant references to companies and other operating organiza

The "first open waters" on the Great Lakes for 1989, expected late this month, will see an active ex

Riots in Venezuela inspired by new austerity measures show that the International Monetary Fund cont

The proportion of European Community cargoes moving internationally by truck will increase under the

FRIGID WEATHER COSTS INSURERS $100 MILLIONInsured losses as a result of wind, ice and freezi

* Tom Connors - Washington 8A * Trading With Thailand 4A* Geoffrey Brown - Trade Talk 5A

The National Association of Independent Insurers will hold its 1989 personnel workshop on March 12-1

A free computer program that can generate 22 million insults has won the seal of approval of an orga

CAUSTIC SODA LCP Chemicals, Edison, N.J., a division of Hanlin Group, is increasing prices f

NJ CONFIRMS DAGGETT AS ENVIRONMENT CHIEFTRENTON, N.J. - The New Jersey state Senate has conf

U.S. coal production will expand 1.5 percent a year to 2000, with the strongest growth occuring in W

An overcrowded ramp area, inadequate loading equipment and lax security measures are cited as major

Hong Kong Islands Line America SA Wednesday laid off about 18 of its sales and marketing employees a

With a powerful assist from their government, U.S. tobacco companies have made major inroads in Asia

The Maritime administration has updated its yearly survey of U.S. shipbuilding and repair facilities

Under a Bush administration ruling, U.S. exporters are expected to win easier access to China's mark

Lord Young, Britain's secretary of state for trade and industry, believes world trade negotiators st

SLOW AUTO SALES DAMPEN SPENDINGNEW YORK - January's lower-than-expected gain in personal spe

Waterfront labor and management officials will resume talks for a new contract covering 36 Atlantic

Mar. 1, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures Market*PrevClose High Low

Ocean Specialty Tankers Corp., a newly formed Houston-based company, said it agreed in principle to