shipping

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Vijay Kumar, the archipelago's director of shipping, said port facilities would be upgraded and new vessels deployed within two years.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

Companies are shipping the fuel to countries that have typically relied on Asia for supplies, such as Australia, whose top supplier before the Iran war had been South Korea.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

"You have the free shipping, in which case you may as well just search for your stuff on Amazon," she says.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

The near-standstill of shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz is redrawing the map for container shipping — the backbone of global trade — and adding to worries about inflation.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

Beyond it lay a city of shipping containers, all part of the Gravesend marine terminal.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda