Latest news

''On top of Helms-Burton, it's going to be heavy lifting for the administration.''

TMG Life Insurance Co. is not exiting the national health insurance market. The company remains an a

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

When I was a kid, my parents had a subscription to Readers' Digest. You can imagine that this was no

The doors opened this week at the Port of Seattle's $84 million Bell Street Pier, an 11-acre project

The usual communications headaches in many developing countries from outdated switching equipment, a

Cargo owners should be made to share marine liability risks, a lawyer informed an audience of shipow

G-7 OFFERS YELTSINBIGGER ROLE AT SUMMITPARIS - Russian President Boris Yeltsin has been invi

Things have changed here - the containership Libre Valencia sailed into the port recently without a

For the week ended June 8, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 15

GE Information Services plans to offer an Electronic Data Interchange service through the World Wide

Three weeks ended June 8, 1996, vs. similar 1995 periodCars Cars Loaded Loaded

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

The United States is carefully developing plans to monitor and verify copyright enforcement in China

''Contrary to some perceptions, we don't own the whole island.''

Douglas A. Tilden was named president and chief executive of Marine Terminals Corp.He replac

The law of salvage is a phenomenon recognized only in admiralty law. Salvage developed in response t

Selling high-tech industrial equipment in Japan might sound like hawking sand in the desert, but one

US, SINGAPORE MEETON BURMA ISSUESINGAPORE - U.S. envoys seeking a regional approach to new p

A leading Japanese trading company is about to launch in Taiwan the first direct Internet link to Ja

June 13, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

Outrage swept France on Thursday after the disclosure that Britain authorized massive exports of ani

When Lev Leviev, one of the diamond world's biggest traders, arrived at the high-rise headquarters o

The Export-Import Bank, which has just received a generally favorable rating from U.S. exporters, is

GERMANY WANTS TEETHIN EMU STRUCTUREFRANKFURT - German Deputy Finance Minister Juergen Stark

A federal grand jury Thursday returned a nine-count criminal indictment against Sun Diamond Growers

After 10 painful weeks of negotiating, the House Ways and Means Committee approved sanctions Thursda

They take them with their morning cup of coffee in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirat

STRIKE CONTINUESAT GDANSK SHIPYARDGDANSK, Poland - Work at the failing Gdansk shipyard remai

Star Mining Corp., the Australian-based company developing the Sukhoi Log gold deposit in Siberia, u

Savannah Foods and Industries Inc. bought a AS400 rate management system from Cass Logistics Inc. In

ALABAMA INSURERSWANT TO JOIN LAWSUITMONTGOMERY, Ala. - The State Employees Insurance Board s

A group of California insurance policyholders has attacked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissi

What's in a name? At least $350 million, Exxon Corp. found out.Exxon owned the ship that ran

Most of the country is starting to get over its fuel-rise cold, but California still has pneumonia.<

State Farm, the largest Florida property insurer, will not follow the lead of Allstate and spin off

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., undergoing bankruptcy reorganization to try to keep the company afloat, s

Most shipowners who obtain their liability coverage through the Swedish Club favor a lower limit tha

United Seamen's Service was hailed Wednesday for its international effort to aid seafarers.'

United Seamen's Service has scheduled its annual book drive each day from noon to 2:30 p.m. June 24-