Sentence examples for demand for shipments from inspiring English sources

It earned $1.36 a share in the fiscal fourth quarter, more than it had expected, as demand for shipments rose amid improvement in the global economy.

On Wednesday, Burlington Northern said its fourth-quarter earnings soared 19.0%, getting a boost from lower fuel prices, which offset lower demand for shipments.

MacRumors is reporting that FedEx is preparing for "surge volume" demand for shipments between September 21 and September 24.

MEMPHIS (AP) — The package courier FedEx reported on Thursday that its second-quarter profit fell 6percentt from a year ago, largely because of high fuel costs, lower demand for freight shipments and a sluggish American economy.

The latest forecasts show growth in demand for container shipments from Asia to Europe falling from 15% a year to barely 5%.

Ward Jackson continued to seek independence from the M&GR and put forward a fresh proposal in 1859 to extend the line from Guisborough to the Tees at Cargo Fleet, so that the increasing demand for iron ore shipments to Tyneside could more easily be met.

Demand for air express shipments has fallen as customers turn to slower, less costly methods of delivering goods.

FedEx, the world's second-largest package delivery company, cut its profit forecast for the current quarter late Tuesday, saying weakness in the global economy was hurting demand for overnight international shipments more than anticipated.

Meanwhile, there was accelerated demand for international commodity shipments.

United Parcel Service said third-quarter profit fell 43percentt as the recession weighed on demand for domestic package-delivery shipments.

Although South Korea has reduced its own food aid to the North, officials in Seoul criticized the Bush administration for forcing other nations to go along with its demand for a cutoff of fuel shipments to North Korea last year, even though the shipments had been arranged as part of the 1994 agreement, now broken.