The company said a ticket on a ship from Seattle to Skagway,Alaska was thirty-five dollars.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

And if that's the case, why in the world would--can we justify all that shipping, all the excess energy to taste, to ship water in from France, rather then just buying something local or drinking water out of the tap?

既然如此,为什么还会有世界范围的进出口呢,为什么还要浪费能源,从法国进口呢,而不是买当地的品牌,或是直接喝水龙头里的水呢

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Mohammed Iqbal,who says he manages the hijacked cargo ship al-Mizan, also spoke to VOA from Dubai.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

and one is Somali,". The business group that hired al-Mizan says the ship was carrying mainly food and electronics from the United Arab Emirates to Somalia's capital Mogadishu.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

Australian authorities originally said about 30 tons of oil were lost when 31 containers of fertilizer slipped from the Hong Kong-flagged "Pacific Adventurer" ship and punctured fuel tanks in the hull as the ship was battered in cyclone-stirred waters.

VOA: standard.2009.03.13