Sentence examples for control the shipping from inspiring English sources

IN THE old days, Arabs, Portuguese, Dutch and British fought to control the shipping lanes of the Indian Ocean and the spice trade that plied them.

"They control the shipping lines.

For decades, no major economic or political decision has been made without the input of a small group of Greek oligarchs, the so-called "national contractors" who control the shipping companies and big media outlets.

In one of the game's best features, it lets you create your own way to control the ship.

"There is increasing desire among Chinese state-owned entities to control the ships that transport their goods around the world," Mr. Wang said in a statement.

But there is growing enthusiasm for ships to have a "citadel", a fortified area to which the crew can retreat during an attack and from which the sailors can control the ship's engines and communicate with the task forces and the shore.

The game's display was jerky and hard to control because the player had to type commands to control the ship.

Later that night, the wheel ropes controlling the ship's rudder jammed, making it near impossible to control the ship's heading in the rough seas.

You connect to your computer via the internet, enter a code, then get to control the ship using the iPhone's accelerometer and gyroscope, moving it up and down to direct your fire at oncoming enemies.

It may be that the Malagasy had originally intended to sail the ship themselves, as did slaves involved in a later mutiny on the VOC ship De Zon, in 1775; but they found that they could not control the ship, and the Meermin drifted for three days.

Netflix, on the other hand, has a large subscriber base and has spent several years testing and debugging the intricate software that controls the shipping and rental processes.