ageing fleet
collocation in Englishmeaningsofageingandfleet
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ageing
adjective
uk/ˈeɪ.dʒɪŋ/us/ˈeɪ.dʒɪŋ/
relating to ...
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fleet
noun[C]
uk/fliːt/us/fliːt/
a group of ships, or all of the ships in a ...
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(Definition ofageingandfleetfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Two years later there is still no sign of those mine-sweepers, which are desperately needed to replace theageingfleet.
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What is to happen to theageingfleet?
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It will replace theageingfleetof battlefield ambulances.
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Decommissioning rates must be closely correlated to the need to modernise ourageingfleetfor safety and economic reasons.
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We were able to deal with what was then called theageingfleet.
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We have anageingfleetand this should be taken into consideration.
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Our industry now relies on anageingfleet.
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The market prices are not high enough and the catches are not large enough to produce profits to invest in modernising theageingfleet.
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We also need to do something about theageingfleetand try to catch up.
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Its prohibition on funding new vessels will do nothing to tackle the dangers and the problems of anageingfleet.
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He talked about the number of cancellations of station modernisation and the fact that the trains to replace theageingfleetwill not be ready before 2011.
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The facts about our very rapidlyageingfleethave to be considered in the light of the severe competition which our merchant fleet has to meet at the present time.
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But the more worrying problem of anageingfleetis safety and concern that vessels were often not built to the same modern safety standards we should expect today.
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The new parent company began investing heavily in theageingfleet.
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In early 2008, an order was announced for 59 new buses to update theageingfleet.
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Four out of five of those will be needed to replace ships in ageing fleets.
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Unless our shipowners can manage to replace their existing ageing fleets with new vessels, when world trade expands and shipping recovers our shipping industry will be left very much behind.
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