freight

Example Sentences

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The overall cost of shipping oil shot up after the war broke out, said freight pricing specialist Peter Norfolk at Platts, part of S&P Global Energy.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

The commodity price surge, compounded by rising global freight rates, is pressuring the manufacturing sector.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Elevated diesel prices will drive up costs of everything from contract mining, consumables, reagent freight and contract haulage to export logistics, shipping and mine-site aviation, it says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Now, surging fuel and freight costs caused by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz have triggered a new round of coffee-contract purchases and rise in commodity coffee prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

Often we did not stop in a station at all, for fear of air raids, but exchanged freight and passengers in the countryside.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom