freighter

Example Sentences

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The boat’s instruments were hard at work, mapping the ruins of the sunken wooden steam freighter, the New Jersey, using sonar equipment affixed to its hull.

From Seattle Times

In his later years, Wolff earned public notice for voyages he’d enjoyed with his wife, Virginia, aboard commercial freighters.

From Los Angeles Times

Smith started the company in 1973 with a handful of Falcon 20 private jets that were converted to freighters.

From Seattle Times

Airbus is marketing a freighter version of its A350 jet and is keen to sell more wide-body passenger jets to China.

From Reuters

The U.S. planemaker was forced to halt deliveries of the 767F freighter and KC-46 tanker earlier this year after it discovered center fuel tanks made by a supplier were not properly sealed.

From Reuters