Even neglected east-coast and Gulf-of-Mexico ports are getting hasty face-lifts.

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Coming through to Gulf of Mexico and East Coast ports, these vessels will increase the need for better rail links inland.

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The cost of producing fuel at a German plant was soon ten times the price of gasoline shipped from the ports of the Gulf of Mexico.

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