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ship operators (subsidized and nonsubsidized), shipbuilders and ship repairers, marine manufactur- ers and dealers, freight forwarders, marine insurance underwriters, the suppliers, bankers, lawyers, Gov- ernment, a host of others and, in- creasingly so in recent years, labor. "All are friends
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18 MN May 2011 LEGAL Historically, and even into the pres- ent day, marine insurance underwriters rarely have the opportunity to them- selves inspect, or even see a written marine survey report on a vessel they are asked to consider insuring. Commercial vessels, in particular, are, if they are