The Asia Pacific iron ore division provides four direct shipping export products to Asia via the global seaborne trade market, and has a rated annual production capacity of 9 million tons of iron ore.

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The above Clusterstock chart from Business Insider shows amazing export growth from US companies shipping to China.

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Hill had been giving special discounts to those shipping products to West Coast ports for export.

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As IRISL BENELUX came under increasing scrutiny from European export control agencies, it changed its name twice, first becoming ANTARES SHIPPING and then EIFFE NV.

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