Between 1985 and 1996, for example, America's freight railways dramatically reduced their employment, trackage, and their fleets of locomotives—while increasing the amount of cargo they hauled.

例如，在1985年到1996年之间，美国的货运铁路显著地减少了他们的人员录用、轨道和机车队——却增加了他们运输的货物量。

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Nowadays firms ranging from trucking companies to freight forwarders, shipping lines, air-cargo carriers and post offices are more likely to use the word "logistics" to describe what they do.

如今，人们更愿意用“物流”这个词来描述从汽车运输公司到货物运输代理行、航行线路、空运飞机及邮局这一条龙的服务。

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Water transport, though slow, remained a steady and valuable method of moving freight, particularly bulky or heavy cargo.

水运虽然较慢，但十分稳定，特别是对于大量的较重的货物。

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Freight and cargo ships, cruise liners and private yachts have all come under attack.

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It was a wreck of a cargo ship, running freight over Europa and the Orient.

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Distrust of the GDP numbers has prompted Capital Economics, a research firm based in London, to create its own proxy of economic activity, which includes electricity output, domestic freight volumes, cargo traffic at ports, passenger transport and floor area under construction.

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