Collocations withfreight
These are words often used in combination withfreight.
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commercial freight
Major drug traffickers are also becoming more adept at using the cover of commercial freight to ply their evil trade.
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freight business
In 1978 the rail freight business bore approximately 20per cent.
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freight capacity
Does not that show that speculation about how much freight capacity is needed is still at a very rudimentary stage?
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freight charge
With the certainty of that regular traffic, is it not possible to grant a favourable freight charge which would tend to increase the traffic?
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freight container
It is transported in sealed stainless steel drums inside a freight container.
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freight depot
For example, it no longer has a freight depot of any significance.
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freight elevator
The backstage features comfort rooms as well as access to the building's freight elevator.
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freight forwarding
To facilitate the achievements of the profitability remit the operating company was allowed to retain ancillary businesses such as freight forwarding, ferries and bus companies.
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freight operation
The passing loops are allegedly required for freight operation, allowing high-speed trains to pass.
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freight rate
This was two and a half times the average passenger rate and more than four times the average freight rate.
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freight terminal
In the longer term we have plans for a permanent freight terminal outside the central area.
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freight traffic
This regime was unable to generate incentives for additional services in the light of rising passenger and freight traffic flows.
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freight wagon
In ordinary speech, a rail freight wagon is a railway wagon; it is not the container which is on top of it.
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freight yard
First of all, the freight yard tracks will have to be removed.
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heavy freight
More should be done to see that heavy freight goes by rail instead of cluttering up the road networks.
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