Although the cost of shipping goods from Nanjing and other mainland airports has fallen dramatically, high fuel prices continue to make it more attractive to ship large cargo by sea rather than air.

尽管从南京及其它内地机场运输货物的费用大幅下降，但燃料价格居高不下，继续使得通过船舶运输大型货物比空运更具吸引力。

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Apart from Archangel on the White Sea, closed by ice for most of the year, the country had no access to the world's shipping lanes.

除了白海边一年大部分时间处于封冻之下的阿尔汉格尔斯克，这个国家没有一个通向世界海运航线的入口。

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Israel is particularly worried by Iran's eagerness to warm relations with Sudan and Eritrea, a strategic spot on the Red Sea that could threaten Israeli shipping.

以色列对伊朗极度热情地维持与苏丹和厄立特里亚的亲密关系表示非常担心。一个在红海的战略点将威胁到以色列的船运。

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Road transport is only one-third the cost of shipping goods to Pakistan by sea, via Dubai, as happens now.

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Contrary to the obvious assumption, rising fuel prices might actually cause the use of ships for freight, as manufacturers reduce fuel use not by shipping things shorter distances, but by relying more heavily on efficient sea freight at the expense of less efficient land- and air-based modes of transport.

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According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, TK makes up 4.06% of the Guggenheim Shipping ETF ( AMEX: SEA) which is trading up by about 0.8% on the day Tuesday.

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