Assertion: passage | /r/CapableOf | impede shipping companies
Facets:
value: from optimizing their operations
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Because a plurality of containerized traffic operates in a just-in-time mode (which does not tolerate delays well) and the relative isolation of the passage (which impedes shipping companies from optimizing their operations by grouping multiple stopovers on the same itinerary), the Northwest Passage and other Arctic routes are not always seen as promising shipping lanes by industry insiders, at least for the time being.