Sentence examples for lost freight from inspiring English sources

Snarls, delays, lost freight cars -- the mishaps became so serious last year that the Government forced the Union Pacific to hand over some business to competitors.

Sellers are not liable for damaged or lost freight if the item is properly packaged, insured and has delivery confirmation requested.

(An effort also must be made to reduce the overall volume of damaged and lost freight).

Car companies are racing to build factories to assemble sport utility vehicles in India, even as its once-legendary rail system, plagued by mismanagement, is deteriorating and losing freight and passengers, said Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri, director general of the Tata Energy Research Institute of India.

Between the end of the war and 1970, New York area railroads lost half their freight tonnage.

There, a railroad claimed that a statute mandating speedy settlement of "all claims for lost or damaged freight" contravened the fourteenth amendment.

He cites a recent European Commission report that notes that lost business, steeper freight and commuter costs, interruptions to supply chains, and government outlays for tighter border policing will probably cost the whole European economy at least 18 billion euros each year.

This also had effects on jobs and quality – and, of course, on the climate, since the freight lost to rail is now transported in France by road!

The service abruptly stopped in 1910 when the wagon was hit by a freight train; Mr. Thomas survived but lost his cargo.

But while FedEx earned $380 million in the first quarter, the FedEx Freight segment lost $16 million and has been unprofitable for four straight quarters.

As the ship steamed toward Tiksi, the rubles that Russia had pledged to pay the $475,000 freight bill lost two-thirds of their value.