Sentence examples for shipping means from inspiring English sources

Others may choose alternative shipping means or simply wait, she said, losing costly time.

In fan culture, "shipping" means predicting or cheering for an amorous relationship (a ship) between two characters.

The short truck route on both ends of the efficient miles of container shipping means the French wine has 50percentt less carbon dioxide emissions, about three pounds.

"Free shipping means people don't think about the consequences of shipping," says Amy Larkin, a former Greenpeace executive and author of Environmental Debt: The Hidden Costs of a Changing Global Economy.

Furthermore, the more general and rapid industrialisation of the oceans – through fish farms, offshore wind turbines and shipping – means sea life may not be able to escape the environmental devastation suffered by the land for much longer, warns Dr Douglas McCauley, of the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Although admiralty actions are frequently brought in personam, against individual or corporate defendants only, the most distinctive feature of admiralty practice is the proceeding in rem, against maritime property, that is, a vessel, a cargo, or "freight," which in shipping means the compensation to which a carrier is entitled for the carriage of cargo.

Mr. Esteban, who worked in flower wholesaling for 12 years, says the global marketplace and improved shipping mean that fresh flowers are shipped to the city daily.

The terrible toll German attacks were taking on merchant shipping meant that as much as possible of everything had to be made locally; much of it by novice workers in new or adapted factories.

The explosion of container shipping meant that goods and parts no longer had to be made in proximity to their users.

A shortage of shipping meant that the operation had to be carried out by the troops in the Hollandia area, so Krueger nominated the 163rd Regimental Combat Team for Wakde, while the rest of the 41st Infantry Division captured Sarmi.

This understanding proved particularly beneficial for the wool and wheat industries, where the British government undertook to buy Australian products even though the shortage of shipping meant that there was no chance that they would ever receive them.