Cargo Ships Treading Water Off Singapore, Waiting for Work

Charles Pertwee for The New York Times

Sunrise in the Strait between Indonesia and Singapore, where 735 cargo ships were gathered Tuesday because of a sharp decline in global exports. To go out in a small boat along Singapore’s coast now is to feel like a mouse tiptoeing through an endless herd of slumbering elephants. To read complete article click this here NYTimes 5/13/09