Although the cost of shipping goods from Nanjing and other mainland airports has fallen dramatically, high fuel prices continue to make it more attractive to ship large cargo by sea rather than air.

尽管从南京及其它内地机场运输货物的费用大幅下降，但燃料价格居高不下，继续使得通过船舶运输大型货物比空运更具吸引力。

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However, those who muddle along and do not have the least pressure will be tipped over by the storms in life just like a ship without any cargo in the stormy weather at sea.

而那些得过且过，没有一点压力，做一天和尚撞一天钟的人，像风暴中没有载货的船，往往一场人生的狂风巨浪便会把他们打翻。

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The Times newspaper of the 23rd of July of that year carried a story of the attack of the Dutch ship Vhan Fredericka by pirates in the sea near Cuba.

那一年7月23日的《泰晤士报》记载过：一艘名叫“Vhan Fredericka”的荷兰船支在古巴附近的海域受到了海盗的攻击。

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"The court, in this case, is facing the same issue, and we like a ship in an unchartered sea, seeking some guidance by the light thrown by the legislation and judicial precedents in foreign countries", it said.

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