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Shipping companies have decided to delay service fee increases that had been set in response to the government\u2019s decision to boost fuel prices<\/a> until the recent hike in electricity prices<\/a> can be factored into the costs, Unigrain Shipping\u2019s General Manager Hani Mekky tells Al Borsa<\/a>. The increases are slight, Mekky says, explaining that the price of transporting a tonne of grains, for example, will rise by EPG 5 as a result of the fuel hike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shipping companies have decided to delay service fee increases that had been set in response to the government\u2019s decision to boost fuel prices until the recent hike in electricity prices can be factored into the costs, Unigrain Shipping\u2019s General Manager Hani Mekky tells Al Borsa. 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