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May 30, 2007 Shipbuilders ride the wave of Chinese cargo boom By Takuya Sumikawa The Asahi Shimbun NAGASU, Kumamoto Prefecture--Looking over his bustling shipyard, Masafumi Fukumaru muses over how the tide has changed. In the distance, a newly built large tanker is departing on a trial voyage while rivets are being hammered into the steel plates of another being built nearby. "It's quite a difference from the days when we were in constant fear that orders would dry up," says the director of Universal Shipbuilding Corp.'s Ariake Shipyard ...... Read more on asahi.com Search for hotel Destination O Other destinations Check-in date 12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec Check-out date 12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec Search on Select the subject:  All News Ports Tourism Database Aviation Trucking Index Home Page Press Review - Piazza Matteotti 1/3 - 16123 Genoa - ITALY phone: +39.010.2462122, fax: +39.010.2516768, e-mail