Using containers, it cost only 16 cents a ton to load a ship, a 36-fold savings.

The delay meant the charterers were not bound to load the ship and that there was a loss of the chartered freight by perils of the sea.

The tower overlooked the landings used to load ships with the valuable salt.

The next year he applied for citizenship and answered questions honestly, saying he would accept non-combatant duties like loading ships with food.

A group of wanderers, their identities left unrevealed to the reader, are urgently loading a ship for departure.