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Few shippers likely to adopt 'do-it-yourself' approach
(Shipping Times)
June 28, 1999
By David Hughes
BRIDGESTONE'S move into the shipping business, reported last week, was an interesting one. The Japanese tyre manufacturer has decided that it can transport its goods to North America more cheaply by chartering ships itself than by using the liner companies. It has chartered two 1,500-TEU (twenty equivalent unit) ships owned by South Korean ...... Read more on Shipping Times
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