Offshore production has brought tremendous cost reductions for companies, but it also leaves them vulnerable to international transportation disruptions.

离境生产为企业节省了巨额成本，但同时也带来了国际运输中断的风险。

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Severe winter storms in opening months of the year have led to widespread power and transportation disruptions, which affected production and export levels.

今年头几个月的冬季暴雪导致大面积供电及交通运输中断，影响到了生产和出口水平。

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Besides, whatever stimulus comes from cleaning and reconstruction will be mitigated by other factors like declines in the tourist sector, and losses in economic activity, due to disruptions in transportation and communication.

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In its most recent quarter, however, CLD actually saw coal volume from its company-owned mines decline due to flood-related disruptions in rail transportation resulting from unusually heavy rain activity in the Midwest.

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Companies that escaped damage from the earthquake and ensuing tsunamihave to cope with rolling power outages and disruptions to supplies of water, raw materials and transportation, suggesting the road to reconstruction could be long and halting.

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