Since it takes two years to build a container ship, freight capacity is inflexible, so small changes in demand can cause marked changes in price.

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It was a wreck of a cargo ship, running freight over Europa and the Orient.

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The scheme would see the refit of the Scillonian III passenger ferry, which sails for seven months of the year, and the Gry Maritha freight ship, managers said.

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The freight forwarder and ship charterer has grown into a major shipowner with 1.8 million deadweight tonnage and 45 international routes in service.

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The ship's owner, the Russian freight company Balchart, declined to comment.

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One recent weapon is what frog-busters are calling a "hot shower chamber, " a modified freight container used by nurseries to ship plants, with multiple heads that spray heated water onto the plants and kill any coquis that might be lurking there.

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