Sentence examples for size of ships from inspiring English sources

Gross tonnage is used for determining the size of ships for registry-and advertising purposes; a ton is a hundred bubic feet of closed-in space.

Still, he said, the exercise off Vladivostok was comparable in number and size of ships to naval exercises the United States conducts with countries that are not allies.

Still, no regulatory changes have actually been made, though there has been plenty of discussion about the growing size of ships and the 24-hour window after boarding in which ships must run safety drills.

As the size of ships grow and new types of ships (so-called "novel ships") begin to appear, a single maritime accident can cause a massive loss of life and damage to the environment and property.

After last month's grounding of the Ocean Nova, the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition, an environmental group, called for stronger controls over tourism vessels in the Antarctic, including limits on the size of ships, the number of passengers per ship and the amount of fuel on board, as well as standards for hull strength and stringent qualifications for ice navigators.

While US East Coast ports are expecting an increase in the size of ships deployed on the through-Panama services following the Canal expansion from the current Panamax to post-Panamax ships, it is argued that substituting direct calling by feedering and expanded transshipment activities in Caribbean hubs is more likely.

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Prices depend on size of cabin, size of ship, length of trip and time of year.

Walmart.com said it reviewed the size of shipping boxes and tried to minimize the environmental impact.

I've stayed in hotel rooms in Hong Kong that were the size of ship cabins but everything fits in there.

It was full of tupelos, black oaks the size of ship masts, sweet gums, hollies, dogwoods and magnolias.