Sentence examples for shipping demand from inspiring English sources
FedEx is often considered a barometer of the economy because shipping demand tends to increase as business conditions improve.
The CSX Corporation, the railroad operator, said Tuesday that its third-quarter earnings fell 23percentt from a year earlier because shipping demand remained weak.
As appears from interviews of ship owners in Aronietis et al. (2010), shipping demand is influenced mostly by cost considerations.
In good times shipping demand tends to outweigh supply, and in tough ones Rand's broad mix of shipments enables it to hedge against losses, Buonocore says.
As online retail continues to grow, shipping demand is also on the rise.
"Dry bulk shipping demand has increased more dramatically than anticipated," Jefferies analyst Douglas Mavrinac writes.
There, the offer was described as "stop, shut, ship" — demanding that Iran stop enrichment of uranium to 20 percent purity; shut the Fordo underground enrichment facility, which is heavily protected deep inside a mountain; and ship abroad its stockpile of 20 percent enriched uranium to be turned into nuclear fuel.
"But for the second in the series," he said, "we'll put in an order to our vendor based on the Auto Ship demand".
Uber's autonomous trucks are now doing actual work for customers via Uber Freight, Uber's commercial cargo shipping on-demand app.
Note that the luxury of gourmet food shipped on demand does not come cheap.
Stuart Drummond had worked in a call centre (the new factories of the north) and on a cruise ship (demanding New Yorkers, he says, were good training for local government).
