31.   International trucking flourished after NAFTA and even after the ban, in part because Mexican and U.S. trucking firms partnered across the border to provide continuous shipping lines.

32.   It applies to regularly scheduled shipping lines, not to oil tankers and bulk commodity carriers, which are not regulated and thus not affected by the new law.

33.   It said U.S. and Japanese shipping line officials were to make progress reports in July and August.

34.   It is unclear whether the Japanese shipping lines will pass on the cost of the sanctions in the form of higher rates to their customers.

35.   It used to be that shipping lines liked to carry South Asian cargo west through the Suez Canal to combine with their Mediterranean service.

36.   Japanese sanctions could make business more costly for U.S. shipping lines such as APL and Richmond, Vir.-based Sea Land Corp.

37.   Like other freight forwarders, Harper buys cargo space from air and shipping lines at wholesale rates and resells the space at retail rates to its customers.

38.   Many packages are full of pay stubs, because shipping lines no longer send paymasters to the docks to hand cash to the sailors.

39.   Moreover, shipping lines must go to a trade association to get approval for even the most minor operational changes in the way they handle cargo at Japanese ports.

40.   Nedlloyd, among other major worldwide shipping lines, are also increasing or adding Panama Canal service.