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Its main businesses include ports and related services, retail, infrastructure and telecommunications.

Besides the UAE, Russia and Turkey have also attempted to either secure port concessions or obtain a naval base in Sudan -- though those negotiations have either failed or been put on ice.

Kabul touts Iran's Chabahar port as an alternative to Pakistan's southern harbours, but Farhadi noted it is farther, costlier and hampered by US sanctions on Tehran.

And I was like, “I can’t afford to lose my job over some ports take.”

Information gleaned from U.S. ports indicate that imports fell again in September.