Sentence examples for one shipowner from inspiring English sources

The costs of a lighthouse are such that no one shipowner will want to finance it; on the other hand, if a lighthouse is provided for one shipowner, it can be made available to all for no additional cost.

To illustrate their point, one shipowner let two of his ships cross in the middle of Foldrøysundet.

Some argue that there is a moral duty on shipowners to pay the hijackers as little as possible.

Sovcomflot, Russia's major shipowner, took one of its 70,000-dead weight tonnage tankers from Russia to the far east on this route.

This view, combined with the reasoning above, leads one to conclude that the shipowners are not receptive to any single outside signal to reduce their sailing speed; nor is the shippers' demand on transport time, punctuality, frequency or route a deciding factor for liner shipping companies decisions regarding fleet management.

Born in Cottingham, east Yorkshire, Rix was the son of Herbert, a Hull shipowner keen on cricket, and his wife, Fanny, who loved amateur theatre.

The successful bidder, announced on March 3, 1847, was New York shipowner Edward Knight Collins.

She encountered a Marseille shipowner about to invest in Elle, one of many magazines launched to replace the publications closed by war.

Slow-steaming is a rather straightforward issue in the tank and bulk segments, where the shipowner often negotiates terms directly with one or a few shippers.

I met a shipowner who employs only Polish people on his trawlers but voted to leave.

Norwegian shipowners run one of the world's largest merchant fleets, carrying about one-tenth of the world's total tonnage.