For example, plans to develop Batam, an island designated as a special industrial zone, as a container terminal to rival nearby Singapore seem a waste of money.

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Rowe Price New Asia Fund, which FORBES rates a "B" in bull markets but a "D" in down markets, likes International Container Terminal Services, a port operator with headquarters in the Philippines and with other holdings in places as far-flung as Poland and Brazil.

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Bahramian is also a board member of Bandar Abbas Arya Container Terminal, an integral part of the Shahid Rajaee container terminal complex that Tidewater used to manage.

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