How to Use haulage in a Sentence

haulage

noun

• Some drivers, as well as Mr. Crothall, said the apps were helping to drive down haulage fees.
  — Te-Ping Chen, WSJ, 11 June 2018
• While the business didn’t work out in the end for the road haulage entrepreneur, Page had the entrepreneurship bug and left to work for another founder.
  — Philip Salter, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
• Then came the Motor Carrier Act of 1980, which swept away restrictions on the number of haulage firms, as well as price controls.
  — The Economist, 8 Aug. 2020
• For the second week in a row the Brazilian striker found the back of the net in the dying minutes to increase his side's points haulage, after his 90th minute winner at Swansea City last time out.
  — SI.com, 1 Oct. 2017
• But in the long-term, Ogboi’s assignment is to make Lori the company that best adapts new technologies to reduce haulage costs in Africa.
  — Alexander Onukwue, Quartz, 22 Sep. 2021
• Some parts of New South Wales state experienced their wettest week on record, prompting the closure of a major coal-haulage railway and cuts to coal production.
  — Rhiannon Hoyle, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2021
• Road haulage experts said the truck appeared to be refrigerated.
  — Tara John, CNN, 24 Oct. 2019
• There is also the risk that service industries like finance, health, education and haulage could face staff shortages when free movement of people ends.
  — Lucy Meakin, Bloomberg.com, 7 June 2020
• The brothers, from Armagh in Northern Ireland, are believed to have links with the road haulage and shipping industries, and are wanted on suspicion of manslaughter and human trafficking.
  — Sheena McKenzie, CNN, 7 Nov. 2019
• The bombers apparently picked the wrong truck, because the explosives-laden vehicle remained at a haulage company's yard in Lurgan until it was discovered.
  — Fox News, 7 Feb. 2020
• Britain on Friday joined a growing list of countries and companies financing research into automating haulage, announcing a trial of self-driving trucks that will see real-world tests next year.
  — Thomas Furse, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2017
• Driverless technology will most quickly be adopted for long-distance haulage, potentially putting up to 16 million Chinese truckers out of work.
  — Time, 18 Jan. 2018
• Truckers left their vehicles sitting idle and blocked roads over the weekend in spotty strikes across China driven by frustrations over higher fuel costs, falling haulage rates and transportation apps that are squeezing their profits.
  — Te-Ping Chen, WSJ, 11 June 2018
• Going back to individually contracting haulage will collectively be a lot cheaper than a 17% hike in property taxes.
  — Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 1 Sep. 2019
• Truck-maker Volvo Group also posted profit well ahead of analysts’ expectations after cutting costs and benefiting from a post-lockdown recovery in road-haulage.
  — Oliver Sachgau, Bloomberg.com, 16 Oct. 2020
• However, the tie will always be remembered as the three-point haulage that was played within an empty Camp Nou, with officials denying fans entry due to the political unrest that had swept the city during the Catalonian independence referendum.
  — SI.com, 2 Oct. 2017
• The drastic reduction in staffing that has resulted has sown chaos through sectors as diverse as food supplies, haulage, supermarkets, hospitality, manufacturing and media.
  — NBC News, 22 July 2021

Last Updated: 20 Aug 2024