Sentence examples for shipping nations from inspiring English sources

The U.S. and England were the ascendant shipping nations in the 19th century; Germany, Norway, Japan, the Netherlands, and France joined them in the early 20th century, with Greece dominating the industry by the century's end.

Delegates from scores of shipping nations signed an agreement on Friday at a conference of the International Maritime Organization of the United Nations in Hong Kong to require stronger environmental standards in recycling old ships.

Leadership from big shipping nations could help accelerate the pace and meet the Paris agreement goal of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

In a debate that once was the preserve of academics, the United States and the major shipping nations of Europe argue that the waters of the Northwest Passage constitute international straits, just like the Strait of Gibraltar or the Dardanelles.

These clauses are valid, however, only if and insofar as they comply with the applicable national law or, in the case of ocean transport, with the Brussels Convention on Limitation of Liability (1923, amended 1968) that incorporates the Hague Rules, which have been adopted by the major shipping nations.

When the Barbary pirates were in their prime, they were paid homage and protection money by every major shipping nation.

Nigeria produces gallons of crude oil and liquefied natural gas that is shipped to nations across the world.

Syrian officials are struggling to meet a June 30 deadline to ship the nation's chemical weapons stockpiles out of the country for destruction as part of a U.N.-backed disarmament process.

Conversely, while at war with France during the Napoleonic Wars, Britain's naval operations against French trade also hurt neutral nations' shipping.

Already, an anemic Japan is shunning imports from Southeast Asian nations and shipping America more and cheaper exports.

International Ice Patrol, patrol established in 1914 by the agreement of 16 nations with shipping interests in the North Atlantic Ocean after the Titanic collided with an iceberg and sank (1912).