idle ship造句

• Trade was slowed tremendously and supplies of grain were rotting on the idled ships in the colonial ports in cities like Philadelphia.
• The multitude of idle ships was such a blockade that at several occasions they were burned just to clear a way for riverboat traffic.
• Overall, Fleishman-Hillard billed the Harbor Department about $ 488, 000, including Hahn's State of the Harbor events in 2002 and 2003, and the promotion of the mayor's initiative to reduce pollution from idling ships.
• Eleven striking port pilots whose demands for $ 82, 000-a-year pay raises have tied up Los Angeles Harbor lost a leverage point Tuesday when a judge ordered them to halt picketing, allowing longshoremen to unload 11 idled ships.
• Less than two weeks ago, the union and shipping representatives were in court, trading accusations over who was to blame for slow progress in clearing a backlog of goods on the docks and sitting on idle ships at sea.
• Eid Ghanem, spokesman for I & S Marine, said Princess Sarah was attacked again by four speed boats and six pirates boarded the idling ship, but they fled when a helicopter from the French warship Floreal opened fire on them.
• Eid Ghanem, spokesman for I & AMP; S Marine, said Princess Sarah was attacked again by four speed boats and six pirates boarded the idling ship, but they fled when a helicopter from the French warship Floreal opened fire on them.
• LOS ANGELES _ Eleven striking port pilots whose demands for nearly $ 82, 000-a-year pay raises have tied up Los Angeles Harbor lost a leverage point Tuesday when a judge ordered them to halt picketing, allowing longshoremen to unload 11 idled ships.
• Martin cited a wide range of effects, including the costs of moving and idling ships, trucks, railway equipment and containers; sharply increased air freight rates; the cost of clearing congestion from the ports and support facilities; and higher financing costs for importers.
• Due to bad weather conditions in the winter months the transatlantic ocean liners could not operate at full capacity, and Ballin thought of a scheme to increase the occupancy by offering idle ships to travel agencies in Europe and America in the winter.