The main problem is that growing demand in 2003 prompted shipping lines to order too many new ships.

主要的问题在于2003年上升的需求促使航运公司订购了太多的新船。

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Container lines' problems are compounded by the large Numbers of expensive new ships on order from shipyards, many of them due to enter the Asia-Europe trades.

集装箱船公司的麻烦还不止这些，他们之前预定的将要用在亚欧航线的又新又贵的船正不断从船厂开出来。

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And to make the new ships usable, Russia will need to buy or build flotillas of escort vessels, as well as advanced (and expensive) weapons and electronic systems.

为保证这些新型两栖攻击舰得到有效使用，俄罗斯需要购买或建造一批护航舰只及先进而昂贵的武器和电子系统。

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Rules would also call for new requirements for lifeboats on these ships.

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The Phocaeans chose instead to take their city,which is to say, all the people in the city, put them on ships, sailed to the far west,and organized a new city out there.

而福西亚人选择,不是带上整座城市,而是带上所有的人民,将他们放到船上,航行到遥远的西方,并在那里建了个新城

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The new treaty is directed at countries where fishing ships enter port.

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Global supplies are limited, and new ships take three years from order to delivery.

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Prices were not announced but cruise lines typically charge more for new ships than for other cruises.

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However, he points out that the country's infrastructure needs to be improved to attract orders for new ships.

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