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A further step into the new era of ship mechanization was taken last week when a Danish builder deli

We believe the time has come for the (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) to link trade to respe

Italy's leading private industrialist urged the adoption of a common currency among the 12 members o

DOLLAR-DRY DOCK SAVINGS BANK (White Plains, N.Y.) - Nicholas P. Rizzetta was named executive vice pr

The might of the Canadian dollar, while a product of foreign confidence in the Canadian economy, is

Air Cargo Fast Flow, the $20 million automation effort designed to speed cargo through John F. Kenne

Japanese companies are scaling down their operations in South Africa in recognition of the global pr

State officials plan to build a four-lane highway connecting the New JerseyTurnpike to Route

WHILE BRAZIL IS CUTTING DOWN its forests, Chile is busy planting them. Alfredo Woerner, the

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

As waterfront property becomes less available and more costly, ports attempt to use the land they ha

Airplanes are somewhat like people. They age, they wear, they weaken. As a result of thousan

For two months, American Airlines and city aviation officials scrambled toput together facil

Newly industrialized countries and developing nations are facing yet another barrier to prosperity:

American Telephone & Telegraph Co. and US Sprint Communications Co. have been awarded contracts by t

A U.S. district court judge will not stop a Military Sealift Command contract with Sea-Land Service

GULF COAST SHIPBUILDERS AND OCEAN CARRIERS told a public hearing before the president's Commission o

When London-based STC Submarine Systems Inc. earlier this year needed a site on the West Coast to bu

A fresh wave of strikes that threatened to plunge Yugoslavia into a new round of labor unrest was te

HIGH COURT BLOCKS PLESSEY TAKEOVER BIDThe High Court on Thursday temporarily blocked General

Thurs., Dec. 8, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

China's anti-inflation drive has not stopped its economic reform program, a top Chinese official sai

Greece's Heracles Cement Co. is scouting the market for 440,000 metric tons of steam coal, according

United Airlines and other air carriers serving Chicago's O'Hare International Airport can meet start

CMB Transport, Belgium's leading shipping group, has become a major player on the trade lanes betwee

The American Trucking Associations launched a $1 million information programaimed at increasing the

Maine Maritime Academy Open House. Dec. 10. Open house sponsored by academy's admissions office to o

Americans plan to spend more on Christmas gifts this year than in 1987 as consumer confidence runs h

Legislation to eliminate gender-based rating probably will soon be introduced in the Iowa Legislatur

In years past, Saturday would be drop-dead day at the Right Start catalog house, a California outfit

AS THE GLOBE RACES TOWARD 1989 (at least it seems that way), futures analysts are beginning to make

PANHANDLE TO SELL OFF COAL MINING INTERESTSPanhandle Eastern Corp. will sell its remaining c

DATA DISPATCH, INTIS SET DISTRIBUTION ACCORDMcLEAN, Va.- Data Dispatch Corp. has reached an

Conflo Lines, an ocean freight consolidator, is offering a bi-weekly consolidation service from New

WHAT IT IS: It is the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's long-range plan, released in September,

As many as 149 petrochemical expansion and construction projects worth some $5.5 billion are expecte

Production of plastic resins totaled 4.277 billion pounds in September,up approximately 3.7 percent

Greek shipowners want the government to take action against sixEuropean Community nations whose carg

Verolme do Brasil SA, the leading Brazilian shipbuilder, announced a change of ownership and two new

Insurance companies doing business in California said they were moderately pleased with the state Su