Wilhelmsen, an international shipping company in Scandinavia, had just added a ninth large carrier to its fleet.

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The Jacksonville, Florida-based train and intermodal transportation carrier works with trucking and logistics companies to provide shipping services across 23 states in the eastern U.S. and Canada, reporting improved revenue and profit margins across the board for the fourth quarter.

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Its carrier, Invincible, is armed with unwanted anti-shipping helicopters and the wrong sort of Harriers, designed for air superiority rather than ground attack.

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The market is currently edgy about the fortunes of the shipping industry, particularly after the bankruptcy of the medium-size American carrier Eastwind Maritime earlier this year.

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The biggest environmental cost of food transport comes, not from international shipping, but driving to and from the supermarket, often with just a couple of carrier bags in the back of the car.

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