ore carrier

collocation in English

meaningsoforeandcarrier

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ore
noun[C or U]
uk
/ɔːr/us
/ɔːr/
rock or soil from which metal can ...
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carrier
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkær.i.ər/us
/ˈker.i.ɚ/
a person or thing that ...
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(Definition oforeandcarrierfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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About a year ago there was talk of the general purpose oil tanker ororecarrieras being of some 18,000 tons dead weight.
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At the same time we were told thatorecarrier, would not exceed 25,000 tons in size.
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As long ago as 1955 one foreign shipyard was turning out a vessel—anorecarrier—of 60,000 dead weight tons.
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A bulkorecarrieralso ran aground in the cyclone.
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With the lastorecarrierhaving left only in the past week, it would be 6 months before the nextorecarrierarrives.
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The overall cargo weight is the limiting factor in the design of anorecarrier, since the cargo is so dense.
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Adjacent to the loading quay, a waiting berth fororecarrieris available.
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She slowed after encountering harder ice and was struck in the stern by the much largerorecarrier.
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Converted toorecarrierin 1955.
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The strategy was allegedly based on large-scale, integrated steelworks close to harbours deep enough to take giant ore carriers.
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I am sure that we considered only the movements of the ore carriers.
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Other factors have been imported higher-grade ore and the use of large ore carriers.
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On the other hand, we must project our thoughts into the future and realise that the iron ore carriers will soon be of 80,000 tons.
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There is talk of ore carriers going to 150,000 or even 200,000 tons.
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We were given detailed figures of the number of ore carriers and their size that would use the jetty every week.
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In 1970 the era of massive bulk ore carriers had arrived.
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I have a complete list of all the ore carriers which have been built in world shipyards since 1952.
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The same thing has been happening with ore carriers.
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