freight
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Why were tankers commanding higher freight rates than usual even before the Strait of Hormuz closed?
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
Southern California’s air pollution burden has long been shaped by a mix of traffic, freight movement, industry, geography and climate.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
At the Journal, she has served as the A-hed editor and spent many years as a national reporter, also covering freight transportation and mutual funds for a period.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Few vessels, it noted, are willing to re-enter the Strait of Hormuz “without a clear cessation of hostilities, assured maritime security and severely elevated freight rates.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026
Captain Bowles had built a profitable trade carrying freight back and forth between Portsmouth and the nation’s capital.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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