tonnage
Example Sentences
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The crackdown on “dark fleet” tankers is likely to tighten effective crude tanker supply, boosting demand for tonnage of compliant very-large crude carriers, the analysts note.
Muller said this is the first year processors didn’t get all the tomato tonnage they wanted from farmers.
From Seattle Times
Essentially, these programs work by charging producers a fee based on a number of factors, including the tonnage of packaging they put on the market.
From New York Times
For major miners, who deal with much bigger tonnage, building facilities in Europe is generally uneconomical but some are making the move.
From Reuters
If the increased preference for Amtrak, which Biden proposes, causes freight rail to lose business to trucks, which haul tonnage with much higher carbon emissions than freight trains, this will increase Amtrak’s environmental damage.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
