Its seizure meant the Dutch importers didn't pay their Surinamese shippers, who then scrambled to buy dollars for their South American-suppliers.

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It isn't clear which firms are selling wheat to Iran currently, but major grain shippers Bunge Ltd.

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Young told foreign shippers making deliveries at West Coast ports that his trains would leave without them if shipments didn't arrive on time.

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