freight

Union Pacific’s UNP -0.69%decrease; red down pointing triangle chief executive may have tanked his own deal, a $71.5 billion plan to create a transcontinental railroad that he touted as the future of freight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

There was a strong quarter-on-quarter improvement on freight rates, while volumes declined by 1% on year, which is a similar development to its Gemini shipping network alliance partner Maersk, the bank says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

Hapag-Lloyd previously upgraded its guidance both in September and July, citing strong market demand and higher freight rates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

German shipping company Hapag-Lloyd raised its full-year earnings guidance again due to elevated spot freight rates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

They had emerged from what turned out to be the black-painted metal car of a long freight train, parked or abandoned in a woodland siding.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman

Pairing her with Paul, who brings a hardened soulfulness to Caleb, freights their adventure with palpable tautness.

From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2022

The sheer cost of her course load freights every school day with expectation.

From The New Yorker ● Feb. 8, 2019

The reference, to Noah’s ark, is explicit, but Walker freights it with ugly realities.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 22, 2016

Whereas The Bachelor freights every sidelong glance with portent, DWTS’s stumbles and heartbreaks are all edited to make the stakes feel as low as possible.

From Slate ● May 24, 2016

Where commerce is open to competition, a fair remunerative price for carrying freights is all that is demanded or paid.

From Monopolies and the People by D. C. Cloud

The fruit is pre-cooled for five hours before being packed and transported in refrigerated vans and then stored in cold rooms before being air freighted.

From BBC ● May 25, 2026

Can you please unpack the really freighted language in the birthright citizenship clause that is “subject to the jurisdiction thereof.”

From Slate ● Mar. 16, 2026

Projecting individual meaning onto our favorite shows is a natural result of an emotionally freighted medium.

From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2025

After years apart, the band feels lighter and less freighted with expectation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2025

Weariness and sorrow freighted each page of his letter.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

Environmental advocates have long warned about the dangers of trains freighting hazardous chemicals.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2023

What’s fallen off a little is the stories freighting that message.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2022

Per the statement from the White House, "Bypassing regular air freighting routes will speed up the importation and distribution of formula and serve as an immediate support as manufacturers continue to ramp up production."

From Salon ● May 18, 2022

One of the islands' main salmon exporters - Hiddenfjord - is also doing its bit, by ceasing the air freighting of its fresh fish.

From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2021

Besides, freighting the timber to northern mills would keep his railroad cars puffing.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson