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Stranded Ships

September 17, 2013

It costs shipper Mirko Bartels 2000 Euros a day to keep his container ship "Francop" ready to sail. The ship has been docked in Bremerhaven for 8 months because the shipping industry in a global crisis. There's too little cargo for too many ships. But the family-run business is optimistic the future will be better.

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