shipment

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For merchants like Amberjack, even a seemingly small increase in the cost per shipment can add up to thousands of dollars each month.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The company also continues to see gains in weight per shipment, which is “often an early indicator of improving underlying demand, particularly from industrial customers,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

George Shaw, senior insight analyst at Kpler, said the shipment arriving this week was loaded at a refinery in the Red Sea and did not pass the Strait of Hormuz.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

A Russian oil tanker was set to deliver the first crude shipment to Cuba since January on Tuesday after Washington gave the crisis-hit island a reprieve from an effective fuel blockade.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

Papa said, “When word gets out that the shipment is in, it’s go’n look like we’re havin’ the women’s missionary meetin’ down here.”

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns