Visionary pointy-heads occasionally tout the canal as the answer tofreight congestion on British roads.
好空想的书呆子有时候吹捧运河能够解决英国的道路拥堵问题。
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Their owners worry that the plans will demand expensive train-control technology that freight traffic could do without. They fear a reduction in the capacity available tofreight.
Nowadays firms ranging from trucking companies tofreight forwarders, shipping lines, air-cargo carriers and post offices are more likely to use the word "logistics" to describe what they do.