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  • It has equipment that can detect radiation in cargo-ship containers, though to the best of Detective Nolan's knowledge nothing has ever been "substantiated."

    Up in the Air With One of the Finest's Finest 2010

  • In October of 2008, he said, there were 70 weekly cargo-ship trips to the U.S. from Asia; now there are 54.

    Export Revival Threatened By Shipping Bottlenecks Jennifer Levitz 2010

  • The Somali pirates who took control of the 17,000-ton "Maersk Alabama" cargo-ship in the early hours of Wednesday morning probably were unaware that the ship they were boarding belonged to a US Department of Defense contractor with "top security clearance," which does a half-billion dollars in annual business with the Pentagon, primarily the Navy.

    Jeremy Scahill: Putting Today's 'Pirate' Attack in Context 2009

  • Consequently, the paper says, "more vessels have begun avoiding the direct passage most often attacked by pirates and taking a much longer route around the southern tip of Africa," even as their owners hope to "pressure governments along the direct route, through the busy Gulf of Aden, to crack down more effectively on piracy or lose revenues from cargo-ship traffic."

    Failed State: Pirate's Life 2008

  • They're hoping to pressure governments along the direct route, through the busy Gulf of Aden, to crack down more effectively on piracy or lose revenues from cargo-ship traffic.

    Piracy Spurs Threats to Shipping Costs 2008

  • The report from the cargo-ship was unexpectedly satisfactory.

    Talents, Incorporated Murray Leinster 1935

  • Before anyone on Tralee realized that anything had happened, everything had happened -- the _Isis_ aground, the guard-ship demolished, the grid taken over, and a fleeing cargo-ship apparently destroyed in the upper atmosphere.

    Talents, Incorporated Murray Leinster 1935

  • "If you asked if there's a cargo-ship down on Tralee, loading foodstuffs for Mekin, there can be an answer to that."

    Talents, Incorporated Murray Leinster 1935

  • Bors ordered a space-boat to come from the cargo-ship for the reports.

    Talents, Incorporated Murray Leinster 1935

  • "I asked if I would capture a cargo-ship on Tralee --"

    Talents, Incorporated Murray Leinster 1935

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