Sentence examples for while shipping from inspiring English sources

Investments in banking and railroads provided additional sources of wealth, while shipping lost importance during the mid-19th century.

With their pooled fuel and commercial rent costs rising while shipping traffic remains sluggish after the economic downturn, the pilots argue that they are due for a raise.

The overcapacity in the industry has pushed down vessel prices while shipping services are increasingly in demand, says Georgi Slavov, the head of dry freight research at ICAP.

It nearly doubled deliveries of the Dreamliners to 23 from 12 — 16 airlines are now flying the 787 — while shipping more of its popular 737 and 777 models.

If growth and trade stumble while shipping lines are piling on extra capacity, the result could be empty holds, plunging shipping rates and rapidly sinking profits.

While shipping weapons to Africa he also worked as a subcontractor for the US military in Iraq, Nato in Afghanistan and for commercial firms.

While ships are becoming bigger, the burden on crew members is growing.

While ship groundings are uncommon, the reef takes "decades" to recover from them.

Its port is deep and just minutes from the ocean, while ships docked in Puget Sound in Washington State take several hours to reach the sea.

Under maritime law, the responsibility of the cargo owner is usually limited, while ship owners and their insurers are exposed to greater liability.

In contrast, attacks off Somalia almost always occur while ships are underway".