dangerous cargo

collocation in English

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dangerous
adjective
uk
/ˈdeɪn.dʒər.əs/us
/ˈdeɪn.dʒɚ.əs/
A dangerous person, animal, thing, or activity could ...
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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 ofdangerousandcargofrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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But there are plenty of instances where ships can carrydangerouscargodespite the rules and regulations.
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They have also acquired better rights to sue the receiver for claims such as those concerning the shipment ofdangerouscargo, and so on.
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Neither recording system differentiates between bulk and otherdangerouscargo.
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So we come to the situation of a vessel with adangerouscargofinding its way into a port by manipulating these contradictions.
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As the report says, we need to provide this network with financial compensation for problems, including environmental problems, due to providing refuge for vessels carryingdangerouscargo.
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An inherentlydangerouscargowas on board.
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As soon as we knew from the manifest that there was adangerouscargoaboard, immediate action was taken to obtain the manifest and an appropriate translation.
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Surely it is good practice, and worth encouraging, that masters of ships carrying potentiallydangerouscargoshould maintain radio or radar contact with a coastal station.
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They also risk injury or death from falling overboard and hazards associated with working with machinery, heavy loads, anddangerouscargo.
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Artificial cells allow toxins to diffuse into the cell while keeping thedangerouscargowithin their ultrathin membrane.
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Trains and theirdangerouscargocould then be loaded and unloaded inside.
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Each was served by a railway siding which entered each building, allowing the highlydangerouscargoto be unloaded inside.
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The amendments allow vessels loaded withdangerouscargo(such as radioactive or flammable materials) to pass if they conform with the latest amendments provided by international conventions.
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The incident does disclose the urgent need for international agreement on better procedures to be followed when potentially dangerous cargos are lost at sea.
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It is an over-simplification to say that the commercial interests of the port operator are sufficient safeguard with regard to dangerous cargos.
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Ships carrying dangerous cargoes—especially oil tankers and tankers carrying liquid chemicals—should be double-skinned.
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There are several tragic examples of accidental marine pollution from tankers and other ships carrying other forms of dangerous cargoes.
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I have had a great deal to do with labelling, including dangerous cargoes.
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Surely we need some kind of oversight as to what will happen to ships carrying dangerous cargoes; for example, liquid natural gas carriers.
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