heavy cargo

collocation in English

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heavy
adjective
uk
/ˈhev.i/us
/ˈhev.i/
weighing a lot, and needing effort to move ...
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cargo
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈkɑː.ɡəʊ/us
/ˈkɑːr.ɡoʊ/
the goods carried by a ship, aircraft, or other ...
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(Definition ofheavyandcargofrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In any event,heavycargoand inter-continental supersonic aircraft will still need conventional airports with conventional runways.
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We would probably need passive, but possibly also active, transmitters forheavycargo.
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In fact, iron ore is a veryheavycargoand any ship which carries it is bound to have a high degree of stability.
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Theheavycargowaterways are the waterways where big locks can be built because they are on big flowing rivers or major water supplies.
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By and large they have been elderly ships, 19 or 20 years old, and almost all of them have been carrying iron ore, a particularlyheavycargo.
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The very tall braced undercarriage was made unretractable so that the fuselage would be able to take the strain of theheavycargo.
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The steam trains would transportheavycargoand peak passenger loads, but motors would handle lighter loads.
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A great ship withheavycargohas nothing to fear from the high seas, but rather in shallow water it will come to grief.
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Mini trucks are suitable for short intra-city deliveries, plying on narrow village roads, long highway hauls carrying small bulky loads or evenheavycargo.
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A projected outer beltway that should bypass the city and relieve the current beltway from itsheavycargotraffic.
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Heavycargoup to 80 tonnes and long goods up to 25mft 1 can also be carried.
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Even today, bulky orheavycargois usually sent by ship because it is cheap and efficient, though slower than other methods.
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Other notable features are an exceptionally tight turning radius and a low-geared, 3 speed transmission for haulingheavycargo.
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For transport ofheavycargo, the harbour got a 25-tonne crane in 1894.
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About 2000 it was sold to civil interests and today is being used as an internationalheavycargoairport.
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A trap door was placed in the lower fuselage to allow large and/orheavycargo(particularly aircraft engines) to be lifted directly into the cargo compartment.
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That problem will grow increasingly as the vehicles which carry heavy cargoes cause more and more damage to the existing stock.
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Examples are refrigerator ships and vessels designed for shipping bulky and heavy cargoes like railway locomotives and small craft of various kinds.
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One way to protect the heavy cargoes is to allow the railways to compete in the competitive field.
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The old image of a dock worker heaving about heavy cargoes went out of the window with the mechanisation of the ports.
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