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The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has published its maritime transport annua

CAMEROON - $34.6 million from the World Bank for goods and services to expand livestock production.

LDC DEBT TO BE HIGH ON GROUP OF 7 AGENDAWASHINGTON - The Third World debt crisis will be hig

In the face of mounting confusion over an anti-inflation plan being formed by the Brazilian governm

William Von Raab has been a rather controversial commissioner of Customs since Oct. 13, 1981, but he

Private insurers that help the government process its health insurance programs have allowed their c

STRONG IMPORTS SEEN WIDENING TRADE DEFICITEconomists say the United States continues to suck

Japan will more than double its imports of foreign cars by the mid-1990s, a high ranking industry ex

Lloyd's of London on Friday introduced a new insurance policy designed to compensate shipowners, cha

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

U.S. insurance brokers are ready to pursue business across the Atlantic, but most U.S. insurers are

The state that gave us the popular California Raisins has, well, recycled the colorful character wit

Indonesia is trying to chip away at Italy's control of the growing world marble market with the hel

The United States Postal Service has ample capacity to process additional, premium-priced Express Ma

THE MARITIME INDUSTRY lost two prominent executives in the Dec. 21 crash of Pan American World Airwa

The shortest route between two European electronic communications networks is probably through the U

UNISYS CORP. DROPPED FROM AIR FORCE CASEBLUE BELL, Pa. - A federal judge in Montgomery, Ala.

Another new company will be set up to enable Liberty Shipping Group to take over the subsidized bulk

The Maritime Administration has agreed to allow American President Lines Ltd. sell the 20-year-old p

The Shipping Corp. of New Zealand said it was not possible for it to take New Zealand seamen on boar

Elaine Chao, chairwoman of the Federal Maritime Commission, likely will retain that post following t

The Customs Service confirmed that it has made a commitment to the International Longshoremen's Asso

Britain and the European Community launched separate monopoly inquiries Thursday into General Electr

International Longshoremen's Association Local 1408 (Jacksonville, Fla.). 53rd anniversary celebrati

REICHHOLD TO BOOST COATING RESINS PRICESReichhold Chemicals Inc. said it will raise coating

BELGIUM'S GECHEM SELLS PLASTIC FILM UNITBRUSSELS, Belgium - Gechem, the ailing chemicals uni

Great Britain's national utility, the Central Electricity Generating Board, has awarded contracts to

Ford Motor Co., rich with cash from its record profits, Thursday raised its first-quarter dividend b

A California-based labor union is seeking the right to represent nearly a third of Northwest Airline

Mandatory employer-sponsored health insurance, the insurance industry's antitrust exemption and its

The U.S. Customs Service isn't targeting Jamaica or the ocean carriers serving Jamaica for particula

1629 (Jan. 12, 1989) Previous day - 1620 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange i

Rising freight rates failed to keep several large trucking companies out of the red during last year

Conservationists have made their largest single debt-for-nature swap, buying $5.6 million in discoun

Jan. 12, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Northeast Utilities, Berlin, Conn., Thursday made a $2 billion proposal to Public Service of New Ham

Kirk Line Ltd.'s efforts to upgrade its security procedures at the Port of Kingston, Jamaica, are bo

TOUGH ACTION BY US URGED ON EC MEAT BANAmerican Farm Bureau Federation delegates urged the U

A Belgian court named the freight forwarder charged with illegal shipments to Libya Thursday, as Lib

President-elect Bush completed the top ranks of his administration Thursday by selecting retired Adm