Improvements in road construction and sailing had occurred, but shipping heavy freight over land remained expensive, even with the use of rivers and canals wherever possible.
道路设施以及航海技术都有所改进，但是即使在可以利用河流和运河的地方，船运重型货物到陆地的费用仍然很高。
First came the steamboat; although flatboats and keelboats continued to be important until the 1850's steamboats eventually superseded all other craft in the carrying of passengers and freight.
首先是蒸汽船，虽然1850年时蒸汽船最终取代了所有用来运载乘客和货物的船只，随后平底船和龙骨船仍然相当重要。
The vast expansion in international trade owes much to a revolution in the business of moving freight.
"国际贸易的大幅增长在很大程度上归功于货运行业的一场革命。
Computer manufacturers in Japan or Texas will not face hugely bigger freight bills if they import drives from Singapore rather than purchasing them on the domestic market.
如果日本或得克萨斯州的电脑制造商从新加坡进口驱动器，而不是在国内市场购买，它们将不会面临巨额运费的难题。
I send all that to my warehouse in China in the same freight container I use for the furniture.
我把这些东西都放在我用来装家具的同一个集装箱里，并把它们送到我在中国的仓库。
Companies engaged in shipping, trucking, rail freight, delivery, and logistics have all been reporting better than expected results.
据报道，从事航运、公路、铁路运输、交付和物流的公司都得到了比预期更好的结果。
Trains can reach the channel more quickly than trucks, and freight cars can be transported to Burland by barges that typically cross the channel in an hour.
火车到达英吉利海峡的时间比卡车更短，而货车可以通过驳船运到伯兰，驳船通常需要一个小时就能穿过英吉利海峡。
SCI-Arc's campus occupies a former freight depot in LA's Downtown arts district.
南加州建筑学院有一片位于洛杉矶市中心艺术区的校园用地，这里以前是一个货运站。
As with so much to do with commodities, the extraordinary rise in freight rates is partly because of China's appetite for raw materials.
就国际贸易商品而言，这种不寻常的货运价格增长在一定程度上是由于中国对原材料的需求。
By 1995, FedEx had started freight operations in China.
到了1995年，联邦快递已经在中国开始了货运业务。
Many HSR lines may be constructed in common corridors with freight or conventional passenger operations.
许多高铁线路，都被设计与成货运线路或传统客运线路相同的轨道。
So it will cost billions to adapt and upgrade the lines to accommodate both a big rise in freight traffic and an unprecedented burgeoning of intercity passenger services.
因此少不免要花费数十亿美元来改造升级铁路以应对增长迅速的铁路货运和前所未有蓬勃发展的城际客运服务。
The first result was a sharp rise in traffic and productivity and fall in freight costs.
首先带来的是铁路运输与运力的大幅增长和货运价格的下降。
Trucks deliver 4.8m tonnes of freight each day in the UK, which works out at about 80kg per person.
在英国，每天卡车都要运送480万吨的货运，大约人均消耗80公斤。
Cosco said its losses from changes in value of forward freight agreements it held totalled Rmb2.31bn in the first three quarters, but that was offset by gains of Rmb1.87bn on these contracts.
中国远洋表示，今年前3个季度，其持有的远期运费协议价值变动所导致的亏损总额为23.1亿元人民币，但这些合约上的收益也有18.7亿元人民币。
More than 70% of freight in India moves by road. Traders expressed fear Monday that the strike would soon lead to a shortage of fruits, vegetables and other essential commodities.
由于印度公路货运占全国运输总量的70%以上，印度商人5日表示，他们担心罢工很快会导致果蔬和其它必需品短缺。
Rather as Africa ignored fixed-line telephony and jumped straight to mobiles, so China might benefit from "latecomer advantage" in the field of freight transport.
与非洲忽略固定电话技术而直接跃入移动通讯颇为相似，如此中国可能因“后发优势”在货物运输领域中受益。
When it comes to me, I am a freight operator and now working in a shipping company.
至于我，我是一名货代操作，现在正在一家货运代理公司工作。
Rail’s share of the freight market, measured in ton-miles, has risen steadily to 43%—about the highest in any rich country.
铁路在货运市场上的份额，以英里吨数计算，稳步上升到43%——与任何富裕的国家相比都处于最高水平。
There was a passel of top-shelf models who, in a spirit of making do, changed clothes in freight containers parked curbside on 21st Street.
一群有著最好的身板的模特，本著将就的精神，在停靠在21号大街路边的货物集装箱里换衣服。
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 to freight.
铁路业主担心需用昂贵的费用引进货运铁路用不到的“列车自动控制技术”，并担忧现有的货运能力会因此而下降。
UPS and DHL stress that their proposed deal just covers air freight; they will still compete in all the other bits of the express-parcel business, including ground collection and delivery.
联合包裹公司和敦豪强调它们将要签订的合同只覆盖空中运输，在其他领域它们仍然是寸土不让的。包括地面业务的揽集和运输。
With the increase in freight turnover there will be a larger number of ships that will need icebreaker assistance.
随着货运量交易的上升，将会有很多船只需要破冰船的帮助。
Ea freight train crashed into a stationary passenger train in central India early Monday, killing at least 21 people.
星期一早上，印度中部一列货运火车与停靠在车站里的一列客车相撞，造成至少21人死亡。
This year hundreds of thousands streamed into a disused freight-train yard in Duisburg, in Germany's Ruhr region-or tried to.
今年，几十万人涌入——或者说奋力涌入——德国鲁尔地区杜伊斯堡一个废弃的货运火车站小广场。
But high-speed trains often have to share tracks with heavy freight—in some cases with as little as 5 minutes headway.
但是高速列车经常需要和其他重载货运车共用轨道，而有时候货运车短至5分钟就要开出来一辆。
Dogs and cats will fly in the main cabin of a Suburban Air Freight plane, retooled and lined with carriers in place of seats.
小狗和小猫们将会搭乘”萨博班航空货运公司“的飞机，机舱已将座位拆除，并一排排放好了宠物笼。
Dogs and cats will fly in the main cabin of a Suburban Air Freight plane, retooled and lined with carriers in place of seats.
小狗和小猫们将会搭乘”萨博班航空货运公司“的飞机，机舱已将座位拆除，并一排排放好了宠物笼。
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