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The Massachusetts Port Authority misrepresented statistics about the number of private aircraft usin

Prospects exist for "a real improvement" in the tanker market over the next few years, a London ship

THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Daily Industrial Materials Price Index of Sensitive Spot Commodity Prices on

The Coast Guard wants to re-examine its policy of providing towing service to vessels in need of ass

Japanese computer giant Fujitsu Ltd. intends to more than triple overseas production as soon as poss

With the United States and European allies watching closely, Canada soon will decide whether to spen

Rockwell Introduces Heavy-Duty Axle LineRockwell International Corp. Automotive Operations i

While health experts worldwide are counseling smokers to quit, multinational tobacco firms are manip

A branch of the American Chamber of Commerce cried out Thursday against a Japanese government plan t

Some of the nation's biggest exporters are calling for a partnership among themselves and other ship

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

Commerce Says Japan Dumping Brass in USThe U.S. Commerce Department announced a preliminary

The discovery of new higher-temperature superconducting materials could give the nation the equivale

1387.5 (Jan. 28, 1988) Previous day - 1390.0 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchan

TRENWICK AMERICA RE (Westport, Conn.) - Margaret M. Westwater was named assistant vice president, tr

The head of an eight-member Japanese trade delegation said the group expects to sign a contract with

USDA Rules Drawn For Sugar Export BidsThe U.S. Department of Agriculture has begun drafting

IT WAS JUST a little bitty change. The port of New Orleans issued a news release Dec. 22, co

China is claiming a successful year for offshore oil exploration in 1987, despite the generally frus

Sabotage Ruled Out In Mass. Train ProbeSPRINGFIELD, Mass. - The FBI has found no evidence of

The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad's sales agreement with the Chicago West Pullman Transportation C

EC Imposes Duties On Yugoslav SteelBRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Community Commission Thu

The world's 10 leading industrial countries continue to experience economic growth, but the worldwid

John Lauer has threatened to move Hoechst Celanese Corp.'s Engineering Plastics Group offices to Ala

Maureen Robb, San Francisco bureau chief and correspondent for The Journal of Commerce, will be leav

To the relief of just about everyone in the travel business, last year did not see a repeat of the t

The rapidly emerging anti-lock brake industry says it will be ready when a crucial program of federa

There is "no possibility at all" that Japan will accept a suggestion from the head of the U.S. Navy

Mattel Philippines Inc., subsidiary of U.S. toy maker Mattel Inc., is shutting down operations becau

U.S. companies are moving manufacturing plants to Mexico because of incredibly low wages rather than

Dow Chemical Net Increased in QuarterMIDLAND, Mich. - Dow Chemical Co.'s fourth-quarter net

Acquisition of two more extra-large container cranes to serve larger-than- Panama x ships was author

Jan. 28, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

A fire in a container hold aboard a West German ship docked in Brooklyn slowed unloading operations

Efforts are apparently under way to sidestep legislation requiring the owner- operator of those 11 K

The United States and 15 other Western nations pledged Thursday to work harder at plugging technolog

Conrail Income Rises in QuarterConsolidated Rail Corp. earned $79 million, or $1.15 a share,

Insurance underwriters and brokers are accusing each other of having lost sight of reason as they sl

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's second leading port for containerized general cargo, has inaugurated its fi

Hughes Unit Unveils Electroplating EyeEL SEGUNDO, Calif. - The Radar Systems Group of Hughes