heavy freight

collocation in English

meaningsofheavyandfreight

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heavy
adjective
uk
/ˈhev.i/us
/ˈhev.i/
weighing a lot, and needing effort to move ...
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freight
noun[U]
uk
/freɪt/us
/freɪt/
goods, but not passengers, that are carried from one place to another, by ship, aircraft, train, or truck, or the system of transporting ...
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(Definition ofheavyandfreightfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofheavy freight

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More should be done to see thatheavyfreightgoes by rail instead of cluttering up the road networks.
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One recognises that air transport is not a mass transit orheavyfreighttransit situation.
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If only the railways could wrest theheavyfreightfrom the roads, how different would the position be!
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We said also that we were keen to see far moreheavyfreighttransferred from the road system on to the railways.
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The hovercraft is exhilarating and exciting—even frightening—but it is not really a mass transport system, and certainly not a massheavyfreightsystem.
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Fantastic as this may seem, it does prove the immense wear on roads thatheavyfreightlorries cause.
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The second is that roads, especially motorways, are constantly being repaired because of the damage caused not by cars but byheavyfreight.
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But many of our roads are not fitted for suchheavyfreight.
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The import ofheavyfreightdiesel trains is not subject to individual licensing.
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We were told yesterday that a considerable amount ofheavyfreightwould have to find alternative transport.
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I repeat loudly and clearly that the place forheavyfreightis not on our roads but on our railways.
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Do not these figures show the growing value of road transport for movingheavyfreightof this character?
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Bulk movements ofheavyfreightare usually made by rail or by sea, and there is limited scope for improving efficiency in that respect.
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There is no support for the transfer of moreheavyfreightfrom the railways to roads.
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My point is that the problem ofheavyfreightroad traffic is already with us.
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But is he aware that of the 100,000heavyfreightvehicles which would be affected by quantity licensing this would release 60,000?
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Theheavyfreightmust go on the rail.
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I attribute the slowness of traffic through the city to the fact that we allow too muchheavyfreighttraffic.
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Could it possibly be that road haulage equipment is now so highly developed that rail haulage is inherently uneconomic except for bulkheavyfreight?
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What plans he has to reduce the level ofheavyfreighttransport using unsuitable roads in rural areas.
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