Sentence examples for weight of the cargo from inspiring English sources

The sheer weight of the cargo probably contributed to the ship's destruction.

The weight of each truck is calculated using the weight of the truck empty plus the weight of the cargo (raw materials or products carried).

Freight charges were paid on the intake, or departure, weight of the cargo, and conditions were laid down on the handling of the ice along the route.

However, the combined weight of the cargo and civilians, in addition to the damage sustained during landing, prevented the aircraft from gathering enough speed to take off.

You need to provide the freight forwarder with the following info: Inco-term, pick-up address, dimensions of the cargo, number of pieces, weight of the cargo, destination, commodity of the goods.

That load is just shy of the combined weight of all the cargo the company's rockets have carried to the space station so far in two previous successful missions as well as a third demonstration flight.

Among the russet logs, exhausted by a hard day's labour, Blandine checks the weight of the incoming cargo.

An airship must take on ballast to compensate for the lost weight of the unloaded cargo, or a ground crew must hold it down with ropes.

A typical prairie schooner weighed about 1,300 pounds (590 kg) when empty, and the general goal was to keep the weight of the added cargo to no more than 2,000 pounds (900 kg).

On State Highway 86, a road heading west from Tucson, for instance, there were 15 who'd just been hauled from two old Chevy Cavaliers that had their backseats removed and blocks of wood jammed into the springs so that the back of the car would ride unnaturally high, not betraying the weight of the human cargo inside, covered by blankets.

Less than load is the transportation of relatively small freight, and refers to the weight or volume of the cargo is not sufficient for a full truck.