Sentence examples for goods freight from inspiring English sources

Railways are an important critical infrastructure because they transport commodities and goods (freight rail) and people (passenger rail).

Without the money to purchase new goods, freight trains were not hauling as much as they had in the previous decade.

Our results show that significant cost and emissions reductions can be achieved and that the maximum economic speeds based on hydrodynamic considerations even in a good freight market are lower than the design speeds.

For example, when countries place orders at least 6 months before they need the goods, ocean freight can be used rather than more expensive air freight.

Urban goods and freight transport is usually done by cargo bikes7 for small- to medium-sized goods and by low- or zero-emission lorries.

Manufacturers of small high-tech electronics goods, where freight costs account for a tiny fraction of the retail price, may not be that bothered about hedging freight rates.

State officials today announced the indictment of 24 people who they say were part of a theft ring that plundered millions of dollars in goods from freight trains over the past decade.

Part of the station building continues in use as passenger station and goods (rail freight) office, whilst part now houses the Vatican numismatic and philatelic museum.

The hyper-construction led to competition and excess capacity, which was good for freight shippers and passengers.

The latter is calculated through a procedure which takes into account the aggregate travel time of four different systems [37]: three of them are related to the passenger transportation (namely high speed, intercity/eurocity and regional trains), while the fourth is linked with good transportation (freight trains).

Recent regulations requiring fumigation with methyl bromide (or heat treatment) of wooden packaging, flooring and wooden goods in imported freight containers [ 6] have resulted in an epidemic of freight container fumigation.