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Feb 05, 2009 12:00 AM
Mediterranean Shipping Co is the latest container line to re-route ships heading from Europe to Asia round the Cape of Good Hope in order to avoid the expensive Suez Canal.
The company confirmed that its Lion service between northern Europe and China would take the longer route in future on the eastbound leg, with both the high Suez Canal fees and the threat of piracy in the Gulf of Aden...
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