Didier Willemse , head of commodity sales at Safmarine, said the 27,000-metric-ton Maersk vessel Norfolk is carrying cocoa along with other dry bulk cargo. ❋ Neena Rai (2011)
Europe already tried something similar (Hermes), to be launched via Ariane-V, but gave up when the engineering designed had reached a point where the original 3 metric-ton payload (minus the astronauts and support systems, of course) of the spaceplane had shrunk to a wooping 75-150 kg. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The cockpit crew of the Airbus A330 wide-bodied jet was distracted by fluctuating airspeed indications and—contrary to standard practice—kept pulling back on the controls while reducing engine thrust as the roughly 200-metric-ton airliner plummeted toward the water. ❋ Max Colchester (2011)
Steel Authority expects to sign a joint-venture agreement with Japan's Kobe Steel this month to set up a 500,000-metric-ton iron-ore nugget plant in India, Verma said. ❋ Rajesh Roy Of Dow Jones Newswires (2011)
Indonesia also announced a 50,000-metric-ton limit on total beef imports. ❋ Ray Brindal (2011)
Under the plan, 50-metric-ton parcels of coffee will be stored in warehouses in Ho Chi Minh City under supervision by Liffe. ❋ Caroline Henshaw (2011)
Jeff Wheeler , president of the International Commodities Terminal in Camden, N.J., said a 6,000-metric-ton shipment of cocoa beans is due May 26. ❋ Neena Rai (2011)
There is a metric-ton of ads out there that are way more "highly sexually suggestive" than the original posters for this movie. ❋ Unknown (2008)
The focal point of the memorial is a 1,600-metric-ton granite structure called the mountains of despair, a theme from Reverend King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Speaking from a purely Carville-ian perspective, of course -- not exactly a metric-ton of testicles in the bunch. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Last year he reeled in a 23.5 metric-ton shipment of cocaine coming by sea from the Colombian port of Buenaventura, and broke up a Mexico City operation that allegedly supplied "meth" producers annually with over 100 metric tons of the precursor pseudoephedrine. ❋ Unknown (2008)
If passed, the law would prevent companies which are majority-owned by foreign companies from receiving a share of the 28,000 metric-ton quota. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Waterways: 820 km navigable; relatively unimportant to national economy, used by shallow-draft craft limited to 300 metric-ton cargo capacity ❋ United States. Central Intelligence Agency (N/A)
Waterways: 820 km navigable; relatively unimportant to national economy, used by shallow-draft craft limited to 300 metric-ton or less cargo capacity ❋ United States. Central Intelligence Agency (N/A)
Inland waterways: 820 km navigable; relatively unimportant to national economy, used by shallow-draft craft limited to 300 metric-ton cargo capacity ❋ United States. Central Intelligence Agency (N/A)
Waterways: 820 km note: relatively unimportant to national economy, used by shallow-draft craft limited to 300 metric-ton or less cargo capacity ❋ United States. Central Intelligence Agency (N/A)
"Huajie Petroleum" or the "Seller", a fuel storage depot in northern Shanxi Province with a 100,000-metric-ton storage capacity.
An 80,000 metric-ton cargo of Libyan crude is being offered for shipment from Mellitah this month, according to the three people with direct knowledge of the transaction. ❋ Unknown (2011)
