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Marco Polo Marine expects to weather the storm of potential shipping slowdown
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Yong Jun Yuan
Published Tue, Jan 24, 2023 · 05:50 AM
AT FIRST glance, Marco Polo Marine’s shipyard in Batam, Indonesia, appears to be deserted.
When The Business Times visited the facility on Jan 16, two bulker carriers and a ferry were parked in their respective drydocks.
But as a siren wailed through the air around noon, about 1,000 workers began filing out of the shipyard to take their lunch breaks.
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