What are you going to do with all that money you're making? I only ask, not because we want some of it (although it would be nice), but because the more profitable times that transport operators seem to be enjoying at present need to be put in context. We all know how tough things have been for many companies over the past few years, and times may be tough again in the future. When Joseph told the pharaoh that seven years of plenty would be followed by seven years of famine, the pharaoh was smart enough to believe him and store up grain for the lean years. So the story goes, at any rate. In business things are not quite as simple; companies can't squirrel away large sums of cash without their tax authorities noticing, so times of plenty are times to pay off debts and invest in assets that will help improve efficiencies so that future lean times can be more easily managed.
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