Sentence examples for shortened shipping from inspiring English sources

With the Arctic ice melting, the region's abundant supplies of oil, gas and minerals have become newly accessible, as have shortened shipping routes and open water for commercial fishing, setting off a global competition for influence and economic opportunities far beyond the nations that border the Arctic.

There is more to protect than access to valuable resources and shortened shipping routes.

It could shorten shipping routes, for example, and expand the range of offshore oil drillers.

The loss of Arctic sea ice is predicted to open up the Northwest Passage, shortening shipping routes and facilitating the exchange of marine organisms between the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans.

Most important, climate change has begun to make more real the dream of opening a northwest passage that would shorten ship travel between Europe and Asia by thousands of miles, over the decades to come.

An example of this impact is given by this research paper when it shows that shortening ship voyage time, to the extent ship owners can afford, is caused by a stochastic gross-profit-per-day objective.

In 1542, a small channel was dug to shorten one of the Chao Praya's meandering horseshoes to reduce shipping times, and this channel is now an established part of the river's main course.

"China will be the biggest market next year, so it will be very helpful for us" to have a factory there to provide faster service to customers and shorten shipping times, said Freda Lee, a company spokeswoman.

Unseasoned wood was far more prone to rot and significantly shortened the ship's life.

The Cape Cod Canal, 17.5 miles (28 km) long, cuts across the base of the peninsula, separating it from the mainland; it shortens the shipping distance between New York City and Boston by more than 75 miles (120 km).

While the cutthroat mobile gaming industry has always been rife with cloning (often from larger companies like Zynga profiting from the work of smaller developers, or suing those that copy their own successes), the rise of these simplistic games, prompted by the "Flappy Bird" viral hit, means the rate at which other clones can be created and shipped has dramatically shortened.