Vale docked the first of the fleet, the Berge Everest, at China's Port of Dalian in late December, with a delivery of 350, 000 tons of iron ore.

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With customs officers on hand 24 hours a day, the time needed to buy goods in Greece, or take delivery of containers arriving by train from the port of Salonika, should be slashed.

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