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By Michael Sasso

March 10, 2020 at 10:06 PM UTC

Updated on

March 11, 2020 at 1:00 AM UTC

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Accustomed to running at full speed this time of year, George Powers has watched as a shipping slowdown tied to the coronavirus sidelines more than half his warehouse workers at the usually bustling Port of Savannah on the U.S. East Coast.