Sentence examples for Larger tonnage from inspiring English sources

The five Great Lakes (four of which are shared with Canada) constitute by far the largest freshwater lake group in the world and carry a larger tonnage of shipping than any other.

Because transport economics are based on the transport unit (x tons moved y miles in 1 man-hour), waterways must provide larger tonnage units than those possible on road or rail in order to be competitive.

This method is increasing in popularity as larger tonnages of semilow-grade ore are mined.

In the French navy they represent the largest tonnage after the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier.

Polyethylene (PE), despite having the simplest basic structure of any polymer (a repetition of CH2 units), is the largest tonnage plastics material.

Russian officials said they suspected that the Kursk was sunk after striking a submerged object of "large tonnage," like a foreign submarine, and they were busy scouring the seabed for evidence.

In this paper, we analyze the guiding device on a large tonnage hydraulic press, and we create the axiomatic design framework of guiding device on hydraulic press column by mapping and refining layer by layer.

Late tonight, Mr. Klebanov, who is heading an investigation, said at a news conference in Murmansk that it appeared that the Kursk sank after a collision with "some external object of very large tonnage" that delivered "an extremely strong dynamic blow" to the forward section of the submarine, where a "terrible hole" was opened, causing forward compartments to flood.

The Port of South Louisiana is the largest tonnage port district in the Western Hemisphere.

Currently, comprehensive tests are generally only required if a large tonnage is to be placed on the market.

Based on the findings above, a series of bolt materials with a high yielding strength of 500 830 MPa and a high extension ratio, and cable bolt material with a 1 × 19 structure, large tonnage and high extension ratio are developed.