Sentence examples for shipping link from inspiring English sources

During the floods, 23 barges broke free and became lodged in the Maxwell Lock & Dam, which is an important shipping link; the lock remained closed for nearly six weeks, costing the local economy $20 million in lost production.

Shipping links between the islands and with the outside world are erratic, and there are long delays in unloading cargo.

Shipping links are little better.But Fujian officials have their eye on Taiwan's presidential election in 2008, when the island's president, Chen Shui-bian, is constitutionally required to step down (assuming corruption scandals do not bring him down earlier).

Over the network, semi-finished goods are shipped from origins to many demand points through a capacitated network consisting of shipping links and capacitated processing centers.

Discussions about reopening shipping links are rumoured to have begun.

Direct shipping links have also begun with the Taiwan islands of Quemoy and Matsu.

Most of the exports went by way of Hong Kong, because China and Taiwan still do not permit direct air and shipping links.

Mr. Ma has relaxed restrictions on trade and investment with mainland China and has started direct air and shipping links.

Mr. Singh and Mr. Thein Sein decided to establish a Joint Working Group to determine the feasibility of rail links and direct shipping links between their two countries.

On Wednesday, the Pitcairn Supreme Court, sitting here under a special New Zealand law, ruled for an island-based trial starting around Sept. 23, depending on shipping links.

President Chen Shui-bian called for talks with China to establish direct cross-strait shipping links and normalize trade with the mainland, The China Times reported.