shipping agent
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The workers asked for the compensation in cash, and a shipping agent brought the amount to the vessel for the Burmese seafarers, Engels said.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 22, 2023
The BTC terminal, which exports Azeri crude oil to international markets, will be closed on Feb. 6-8 while operators assess earthquake damage, a Turkish shipping agent said.
From Reuters • Feb. 7, 2023
The boss of a global shipping agent has told shoppers to plan ahead for Christmas because of UK ports delays.
From BBC • Oct. 13, 2021
A spokesman for GAC, a shipping agent at the canal, cautioned in an email that there was “up to this moment no progress” on clearing the canal.
From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2021
Two of the new-comers were known to Bradley—one, a Mr. Biggs, a shipping agent from San Francisco; the other, Mr. Lacosse, a French Canadian, who has recently settled in California.
From California Four Months among the Gold-Finders, being the Diary of an Expedition from San Francisco to the Gold Districts by Vizetelly, Henry
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