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Article: Going global: workboat companies can't ignore world trade patterns.
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- Workboat
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- April 1, 2008
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It might not be obvious, but there's a direct kinship between Shanghai and Seattle, Mobile and Mombai, and New Orleans and Ningbo.
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In an era of interconnected economies, globalization and world trade are increasingly influencing the business climate of domestic workboat markets, making them more sensitive to international economic and political developments and launching them into a new identity as global businesses with hometown roots.
The domestic market remains the backbone for most U.S. workboat companies, but an increasing percentage of commodities being hauled on U.S. waterways and through U.S. ports arrive from ...