Sentence examples for * the slipways from inspiring English sources

Ships ordered in 2013 are starting to roll down the slipways, nonetheless, and even record Chinese imports of iron ore are not enough to soak up excess capacity.All the steel that China is making with that ore has also been hurting the shipowners, explains Crystal Chan of IHS, a research firm.

On July 28th Hapag-Lloyd, Germany's largest container-shipping company, secured a €330m ($468m) bail-out from its shareholders while it seeks up to €1.75 billion to keep it from sinking altogether.Worse, there is a huge supply of new ships on order and due off the slipways over the next four years.

They were still on the slipways when the Germans invaded in 1941 and construction was suspended.

And it is also an efficient device for taking people to a startling viewpoint: looking directly down on the remains of the slipways where Olympic and Titanic were built.

The first four ships were launched after the start of the war, but only to clear the slipways for other purposes.

A lap, taking about 45 minutes, is enough for our wobbly efforts, but the more serious kayaker could poke around for hours amid the slipways and docks while taking in views of Balmain and Birchgrove to the south, Woolwich to the north and Darling Harbour to the east.

Two gig boats race upriver from Hospital Reach towards the slipway.

"I made a mistake, we're all human," was a soggy Ainslie's verdict on his return to the slipway.

The rejection of the slipway site by Regalado, coupled with the opposition to the Port of Miami plan, effectively leaves Beckham with none, at least on the waterfront.

The European Union is finalising rules that will apply next year.In this section Down the slipway Mutiny over the bounty Nominally cheap or really dear?

It has made no collections in swathes of AP for three weeks.In this section Down the slipway Mutiny over the bounty Nominally cheap or really dear?