freighting
Example Sentences
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The heatwave lowered levels in the Rhine River - a major shipping route - limiting the amount cargo ships can transport and raising freighting costs.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2025
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
The company turned briefly to air freighting products to meet demand, but at five or six times the cost of sea freight, it cut into the company’s profits.
From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2021
Besides, freighting the timber to northern mills would keep his railroad cars puffing.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
