Sentence examples for largest tonnage from inspiring English sources

In the French navy they represent the largest tonnage after the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier.

Polyethylene (PE), despite having the simplest basic structure of any polymer (a repetition of CH2 units), is the largest tonnage plastics material.

The Port of South Louisiana is the largest tonnage port district in the Western Hemisphere.

The largest tonnages of alloys are melted in air, with the slag being used to protect the metal from oxidation.

Some of the largest tonnages of products moved in the United States are products of mines, such as iron ore and coal.

Russian officials said they suspected that the Kursk was sunk after striking a submerged object of "large tonnage," like a foreign submarine, and they were busy scouring the seabed for evidence.

The five Great Lakes (four of which are shared with Canada) constitute by far the largest freshwater lake group in the world and carry a larger tonnage of shipping than any other.

Because transport economics are based on the transport unit (x tons moved y miles in 1 man-hour), waterways must provide larger tonnage units than those possible on road or rail in order to be competitive.

In this paper, we analyze the guiding device on a large tonnage hydraulic press, and we create the axiomatic design framework of guiding device on hydraulic press column by mapping and refining layer by layer.

Late tonight, Mr. Klebanov, who is heading an investigation, said at a news conference in Murmansk that it appeared that the Kursk sank after a collision with "some external object of very large tonnage" that delivered "an extremely strong dynamic blow" to the forward section of the submarine, where a "terrible hole" was opened, causing forward compartments to flood.

Currently, comprehensive tests are generally only required if a large tonnage is to be placed on the market.