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  2. Maritime Labour Convention - Wikipedia

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    The Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) is an International Labour Organization (ILO) convention, number 186, established in 2006 as the fourth pillar of international maritime law and embodies "all up-to-date standards of existing international maritime labour Conventions and Recommendations, as well as the fundamental principles to be found in other international labour Conventions". [3]

  3. Military production during World War II - Wikipedia

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    Power Tanks & SPGs Armoured vehicles Other vehicles Artillery Mortars Machine guns Personnel British Empire: 47,862: 47,420 1,475,521: 226,113: 239,540

  4. List of largest daily changes in the S&P 500 Index - Wikipedia

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    The two tables below show the largest one-day changes between a given day's close and the ... 2012 2012-06-29 1,362.16 ... Largest daily percentage losses each year.

  5. Free shipping - Wikipedia

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    This figure has been consistent for the last few years (ranging between 58% and 69%). Moreover, US respondents asked in the survey listed free shipping (54% mentions) as a most important factor for online shipping. Next in line were exclusive online deals (23%), no sales tax (10%), fast shipping (9%) and in store pickup (5%). [3]

  6. Six-Day War - Wikipedia

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    On the fifth day, Syria joined the war by shelling Israeli positions in the north. [40] Egypt and Jordan agreed to a ceasefire on 8 June, and Syria on 9 June, and it was signed with Israel on 11 June. The Six-Day War resulted in more than 15,000 Arab fatalities, while Israel suffered fewer than 1,000.

  7. Oil tanker - Wikipedia

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    The charter rate for very large crude carriers, which carry two million barrels of oil, had peaked at $309,601 per day in 2007 but had dropped to $7,085 per day by 2012, far below the operating costs of these ships. [57] As a result, several tanker operators laid up their ships.

  8. Currency adjustment factor - Wikipedia

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    The freight businesses agreed to set the CAF amount; the European Commission held that this agreement between competing companies amounted to a cartel and fined the businesses in 2012; this decision and decisions regarding a number of other freight cartels were upheld by the Court of Justice of the European Union on 1 February 2018. [4]

  9. History of agriculture in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The history of agriculture in the United States covers the period from the first English settlers to the present day. In Colonial America, agriculture was the primary livelihood for 90% of the population, and most towns were shipping points for the export of agricultural products. Most farms were geared toward subsistence production for family use.