The great voyaging canoes might not have survived, but the cargo of language, culture and knowledge that they brought to the islands certainly has.
Obama's "open hand" promise in his inaugural address isn't having much success around the world, and North Korea can always use new infusions of economic aid, which may well be the hidden cargo of the Clinton mission.
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The size and weight of the ITV was intentionally limited so that it fits inside the cargo area of the Corps' new V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft.
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Webster, 47, learned about the risks of betting on overcomplex space technology more than a decade ago, when he and two Harvard Business School classmates dreamed up the idea of launching commercial satellites with a rocket carried in the cargo bay of the space shuttle.
The source of the fire has still not been pinpointed, but it was widely speculated that a group of oxygen generators in the cargo hold may have caused or contributed to a blaze in the cargo hold of the DC-9.
The company is developing a heavy-lift rocket with twice the cargo capability of the space shuttle, and also dreams of building a spacecraft that could carry a crew to Mars.
PetTravel.com notes that KLM recently banned four breeds of snub-nosed dogs in the cargo hold, and Delta Air Lines is restricting all pets from the cargo hold of its B767s.
The government of Peru, along with 17 families in Peru and Colombia, descendants of the original owners of the cargo, had hoped to claim a share.
The National Transportation Safety Board has begun an investigation into the cause of the cargo train collision near Chaffee, a small town southwest of Cape Girardeau.
The oxygen containers had been loaded into the forward cargo compartment of the plane by SabreTech, an outside contractor.
When the band Cloud Cult goes on the road, they lug around the usual cargo of guitars and amps.
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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As to the crew of the cargo plane, which took off earlier in the day from Lagos, they were transported to a local hospital for treatment, said Attivor.
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The coffee supply chain example above illustrates the multiple touch points within the supply chain, and each touch point contains important information about the integrity of the cargo being shipped.
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Part of an international row over Russia arming Syria, the ship was forced to turn back after a British company withdrew its insurance coverage due to the nature of the cargo.
GDP, and the west-coast ports carry over half of the cargo that is shipped in and out of America in containers.
So Felixstowe has built the only berths in the UK capable of taking the next generation of cargo ships.
Some of the ferry's cargo of 50 lorries broke chains holding them down and as the load shifted the vessel began to list at 60 degrees in conditions described as the roughest for a decade.
Dramatic video playing over and over on TV and the internet of a cargo 747 aircraft falling out of the sky shortly after take- off at Bagram Air Base has left some nervous fliers even more nervous that this could happen on a passenger airline.
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Based on information provided thus far in the media and a review of the video, a shift in the cargo load seems a likely cause of the accident in my opinion.
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With any luck, within a decade, that enthusiasm will translate into a change in the the flow of cargo in and out of North America, and give Michigan a new place in the world transportation and logistics network.
Last October, the discovery of parcel bombs being sent from Yemen to synagogues in the U.S. altered the view of cargo security indelibly.
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Constructed in 1931, the engineers and architects who designed the bridge never could have imagined the size of cargo ships that would be destined for the Port.
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The company therefore developed a complex model that took all the frequently changing dynamics of the cargo industry into account, as well as opportunities for different negotiation strategies based on supply and demand.
But the new attacks not only appear to involve the theft of the whole cargo, they are also much more violent.
The trio are certainly not alone in their quest to find green alternatives to the gas-guzzling cargo vessels of the 21st century.
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.
Once the aircraft was safely on the ground it was found one of the cargo doors had opened in flight, causing the depressurisation.
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Following the 1997 handover, China became the third-largest user of the canal, after the United States and Japan, and now accounts for 20% of the cargo entering the Colon Free Zone, a huge trading entrepot.
Air freight offers speed for the 40% of the world's trade (by value) that travels in cargo flights or in the hold of passenger aircraft, but it costs ten times more than sea transport.
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