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Covid-19 hits shipping, spreading global economic strain

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Published Sun, Feb 23, 2020 · 09:50 PM

London

SEA freight transport, the lifeblood of trade and a bellwether of the global economy, has been blown off course by the new coronavirus, Covid-19, sparking general alarm.

As analysts pore over charts to gauge just how badly Chinese mega-factories have been hit, figures provided by cargo ship traffic paint a gloomy picture.

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