Sentence examples for rising freight from inspiring English sources

Rising freight rates have hurt the competitiveness of some American exports to China, especially agricultural commodities.

Attempts at re-regulation have been made in Congress in recent years, in response to rising freight rates.

Low-cost technology, lean manufacturing and rising freight costs have enabled aggressive entrepreneurial companies to succeed against the mass-production Chinese machine.

But he reckons that container derivatives may be worth 5-10% of the physical market by the end of 2011.The dry-bulk market was also tiny until 2003, when rates took off as China began to import huge volumes of raw materials and rising freight costs became a bigger slice of commodity prices.

Given the backdrop of rising freight and raw materials costs, McPhail said it would have to consider passing on some of the cost to its customers if the government went further and lifted sales tax to 22%, as some retailers fear.

Strong Competitive Position: MTOR is well positioned to capitalize on rising freight demand and the electrification of automobiles.

As manufacturers have begun to rebuild inventories, freight traffic is also rising: cargo activity rose at an annualized rate of 26 percent in the first quarter.

Weyerhauser is trying to escape rising rail freight costs by moving wood shipments to trucks.

Practically all are electrically propelled, either by cables, sheave and counterweight, by a winding-drum mechanism (still used in many low-rise freight elevators), or by an electro-hydraulic combination.

Some companies have also decided to move business because of rising insurance and freight costs.

Worn rails are increasingly a source of concern, particularly with rising amount of freight train traffic.