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based Financial Times that consolidation within container withdrawal of government support for lines in areas like
shipping is not over yet. He predicts more to come, the Middle East and Singapore and the absence of any
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only two years ago had 20 top players. In that time went unsaved from bankruptcy in 2016.
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forces behind the recent spate of M&A activity was the observed drily.
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