The next step is for Miri to be put in a special environment-controlled shipping box, so it can travel to the US space agency's Goddard centre.

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The Bermuda company is controlled by Norwegian shipping magnate John Frederiksen.

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Sanctions would disrupt a major portion of the U.S.-Chinese shipping market controlled by Cosco, whose business lines include port terminals and warehousing, insurance, real estate and hotel management.

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Container-leasing firm COSCO Pacific, controlled by one of China's top shipping companies, merits a look, says the European brokerage analyst.

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