The volumes, compared with drug trafficking, are tiny – a handful of Kalashnikovs, as opposed to cocaine smuggled in multiples of tonnes – and the gangs behind the trade are also often tight-knit groups.
A woman has to go to court multiple times, fill out a tonne of paperwork, and wait to see if their request will get approved.
On any given day I can move several tonnes of malted barley multiple times, spend an hour measuring out yeast and several more scrubbing drains, floors and cleaning fermenters.
In addition, multiple linear regression analysis performed by Tonne at al. (2004) on pregnant minority women in NYC revealed associations between personal PAH exposures and season of the year, time spent outdoors, residential heating, and indoor burning of incense [ 31].
The modern cargo handling facility on board the ship enables transfer of heavy solid cargo via a 30 tonne capacity deck crane, and simultaneous fueling of multiple ships at sea, and can refuel at the rate of 1,500 tonnes per hour.
The locks would have multiple gates, and be capable of holding four 110-tonne barges or one 300-tonne barge.
All told, over 1,000 tonnes of supplies have simultaneously been distributed in multiple sites to more than 20,000 displaced families over the course of four days.
If smaller fish are acceptable and multiple stocking and harvest are practiced, net extrapolated yields of 12 tonnes ha−1 yeare1 are possible (Knud Hansen 1998).
But after multiple stomach-fulls of turkey and green beans, the metric tonne of Thanksgiving leftovers in your fridge can often begin to look more like a painter's palette than a meal.
Droughts lower the water table while heavy downpours dump tonnes of water, adding to pressure on the ceilings above cavities and often resulting in multiple collapses.
