Due to the long duration of maritime voyages, the procurement and storage of food on board ships has always been a significant challenge, most notably for ships sailing in developing countries or regions.
Until the 1860s, seafaring was irregular work; mariners were taken on only for the duration of a voyage and served as readily on merchant ships as in the Royal Navy.
Carriage factors include the method of stowage in the container or ship's hold, the interpretation and application of shipper's carriage instructions, the maintenance or otherwise of the cool chain, and the duration of the voyage.
I had visions of Cary Grant in his sleeper train in North By Northwest and instantly agreed that that would be my berth for the duration of our voyage.
In conducting research into the physiology of astronauts in space, Mary Roach found out that one man on a Space Shuttle flight wore a sound monitor on his belly for the duration of his voyage.
You might have been able to root for the animals but, perhaps owing to the cost of having a massive cast of CGI creatures hopping and squirming in every scene, Naamah sedates them for the duration of their voyage with a magic potion.
p144 The direction taken and the duration of the voyage might very well bring the saint and his companions to the West Indies, and it is another noteworthy circumstance that not only in geographical situation, but in climatic and other characteristics, the descriptions in the Legend are accurately applicable to the West Indies.
Many of the dog owners refused to speak to the others involved for the duration of the voyage.
Menzies' seed specimens were sent to England from Sydney in 1793, but his plant material remained with him for the duration of the voyage, during which some material was lost.
Generally, disease cases were summarised by week of voyage, with the number and gender of passengers and crew, length of voyage and the number of children aged either less than 10 or 14 years of age.
