Sentence examples for friendly shipping from inspiring English sources

The main purpose of sea power has always been to protect friendly shipping from enemy attack and to destroy or hinder the enemy's shipping both commercial and military.

That a company that prides itself on being environmentally friendly, shipping its main ingredient thousands of miles on a barge would seem to go against its principles.

Operated by tugboats to allow the passage of friendly shipping, it was considered possible but highly unlikely that a daring U-boat commander could attempt to race through undetected before the boom was closed.

As Bloomberg notes, Berkshire Hathaway has thrown its weight behind renewable energy efforts, including wind and solar power facilities, and made substantial investments in railroads, which Buffett has called the "most environmentally friendly" shipping method -- evidently in the belief that these are all growth industries.

Just skimming these is a good way of getting a quick tour of the vast work: "The Persians hate falsehoods and leprosy but revere rivers"; "The Taurians practice human sacrifice with Hellenes and shipwreck survivors"; "The story of Artemisia, and how she cleverly evades pursuit by ramming a friendly ship and sinking it, leading her pursuer to think her a friendly ship or a defector".

In March the 15 members of the Florida-Caribbean Cruincludesciathen, which incleadinghe leading ship lines, signed a memorandum of understanding with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection promising, among other things, to embrace new technology in managing waste and designing environmentally friendly ships.

The German ruse worked, and the British destroyers initially thought they were friendly ships.

At 01 50, when the U.S. cruisers were illuminated by the Japanese searchlights, Vincennes hesitated to open fire, believing that the searchlight's source might be friendly ships.

The inquiry conducted after this incident found that the pilots had not been informed that friendly ships were in the area.

Designed in the early 1970s by General Dynamics, and currently produced by Raytheon, the Phalanx CIWS mount utilizes a 20 mm M61 Vulcan Gatling gun to destroy enemy missiles and aircraft that manage to escape anti-missile and anti-aircraft missiles fired from friendly ships.

"This encompasses connectivity, data-sharing, intelligent automation and intelligent, carbon-free vessels, which feature efficient designs, hybrid propulsion technologies and cleaner fuels for eco-friendly shipping," says Wärtsilä, which is headquartered in Helsinski, Finland, and makes power plants and marine equipment.