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| | Business, stock market & currency news on Stuff.co.nz: NZ ports expected to feel impact of giant shipping merger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30) |
 | | A shipping industry source said that while Maersk, the world's biggest shipping line, would have "huge" merger issues to resolve in Europe, the United States and Asia, New Zealand's high volume reefer or refrigerated cargo market was an important business. |
 | | Maersk's takeover of P&O, the world's fourth-biggest shipping line, is expected to be ratified by late August or early September. |
 | | Maersk, which calls at most New Zealand ports, could leave PandO to operate as a separate brand but that seemed unlikely given the takeover was to gain efficiencies. |
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