They were part of the cargo on the SS Politician, which sank off Eriskay in the Outer Hebrides in 1941.
The collectors' items were part of the cargo on the 8, 000-tonne SS Politician, which sank off the shores of Eriskay, in the outer Hebrides, in 1941.
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He said it was probably more likely they were modern as they were so well-preserved, and could perhaps be part of a cargo of African or Asian elephant tusks.
The blades are a very important part of the global cargo movement.
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Yet in 1972, an American Airlines DC-10 suffered a sudden loss of cabin pressure at 12, 000ft and part of the cabin floor collapsed into the cargo hold.
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The two of us, she in her straw hat and I in my cargo shorts, seemed to me actors playing the part of ordinary people, enjoying a day at the lake.
Inside the Dragon is 1, 673 pounds of cargo from the station to be delivered to NASA as part of the contract between the space agency and the commercial space company.
America's Certified Cargo Screening Programme makes shippers, forwarders and manufacturers take responsibility for their part of the supply chain.
For the most part, America's fleet of C-17s and aging C-5 cargo planes has held up relatively well, even as they labor to support demanding combat operations over exceedingly long distances.
SpaceX, for its part, won accolades 18 months ago for successfully orbiting and safely returning the first commercially built cargo capsule to a pinpoint splashdown off the coast of Mexico.
The deal came despite a downturn in shipping , in part caused by banks' hesitation to issue the letters of credit that assure transactions between sellers and buyers of cargo.
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