ton of cargo

collocation in English

meaningsoftonandcargo

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ton
noun[C]
uk
/tʌn/us
/tʌn/
a unit of weight equal to ...
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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 oftonandcargofrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Even more surprising is that over atonofcargois absent from the wreckage.
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One fallsman was required for eachtonofcargo.
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Vale has reported 35 % drop in emissions pertonofcargoin comparison to older ships.
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With a body fitted, the machine could carry atonofcargoand be pulled with minimal effort by a horse.
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Therefore, making them larger usually results in less fuel consumption pertonofcargoat a given speed.
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They charged from $300 to $1,000 pertonofcargobrought in; two round trips a month would generate perhaps $250,000 in revenue (and $80,000 in wages and expenses).
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An estimated 5000t shorttonofcargowere handled annually as of a few years ago and may have declined since then.
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Last year we brought in 43,000,000 tons of cargo.
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At four and a half voyages a year the loss of tonnage will equal 30,250,000 tons of cargo-carrying capacity per annum.
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This may appear irrelevant, but we have lost over 1 million tons of cargo from the rivers to the roads.
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If it was done properly, it could be the entrepôt for millions of tons of cargo.
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Now the port handles upwards of 4½ million tons of cargo a year, compared with a figure of 423,000 tons in 1965.
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Last year it handled over 40 million tons of cargo.
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They say that whereas in 1914 we had 17½ million tons of cargo-carrying space, to-day we have only 14 million tons.
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There are perhaps 6,000 barges and similar craft engaged in the trade, carrying more than 10 million tons of cargo a year.
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It is now a port which handles 4 million tons of cargo per annum.
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Last year, more than one million tons of cargo and 100,000 passengers passed through these ports.
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Supposing a £3,000,000 subsidy and 60,000,000 tons of cargo the subsidy would work out at is.
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It is estimated that in 1935 coastwise shipping carried about 33,000,000 tons of cargo—no small proportion of the total services, and a considerable factor.
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In 1971 this accounted for about 292,000 tons of cargo.
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