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                    [Title] => Hidden transport costs passed on to shippers
                    [Summary] => Goods and products transported by ships have their hidden costs and passed on expenses much like the pork from Bulacan, the vegetables from Baguio and beef from Batangas motored to the markets in the metropolitan areas.


The rise in the price of crude, the middleman’s mark-up and the cost of "kotong"  (grease money) for the streetcorner cops and highway checkpoints have their counterparts or equivalents in the maritime transport industry.


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Hidden transport costs passed on to shippers

June 3, 2002 - 12:00am

Goods and products transported by ships have their hidden costs and passed on expenses much like the pork from Bulacan, the vegetables from Baguio and beef from Batangas motored to the markets in the metropolitan...

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