Sentence examples for shipping failed from inspiring English sources

The book's custom-designed box-within-a-box container, meant to protect the heavy volumes during shipping, failed a series of drop tests and is being re-engineered.

The ships failed to return, however, and more than 40 expeditions were launched to find them.

Searches of the ship failed to locate Mrs Cowley, who has since been reported missing".

Earlier icebreaking attempts to reach the ship failed because of the thickness of the ice.

The government is chartering its own planes: a weekly flight ships failed asylum-seekers back to Kosovo.

When efforts to communicate with the ship failed, the navy reached out to school officials in Canada, but not until about 10 a.m.

Japan's new Patriot missiles would be used only if Standard Missile-3 interceptors fired from Aegis ships failed to knock out any incoming missiles.

The autopilot on a cruise ship failed and caused it to make a jarring turn and then list, sending plates and glasses crashing and injuring more than 70 people, the Coast Guard said.

That ship failed when you failed to produce a credible competitor to the iPhone for four years.

Since the stainless steel primary barriers of Cryogenic Containment System (CCS) for Liquefied Natural Gas LNGG) ship failed by impact loads due to LNG cavitation during operation, the stiffness and strength of the primary barrier was increased much to endure the impact pressure of LNG, which increased the transfer of impact load to foam insulation panels under the primary barrier.

The ship failed the inspection.