By contrast, a bunch of grapes travels from the farm to a packer, to a shipping centre, to a warehouse, to a shop and finally to a consumer's fridge.

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When the Erie Canal connected the Great Lakes to the shores of Red Hook via the Hudson River in 1825, a new shipping centre was born, and by 1848 more than 800 homes, workers' boarding houses and warehouses had sprung up by the bustling docks.

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Unlike Estonia, a front-runner to join the European Union, or Latvia, the Baltics' shipping and financial centre, Lithuania has attracted little foreign business interest.

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The path and a visitor centre made of shipping containers overlooked the VIP entrance and athletes' training area.

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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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