ton-mile

MR. RENNICKE: If the traffic-level trajectories are correct, then ton-mile one ton of paying freight shipped one mile growth could be in the 80% range by 2035 to 2040, and on this basis, industry prospects are bright.

The Future of Rail Daniel Machalaba 2011

And the industry itself measures the rate of spill per ton-mile shipped.

Op-Ed: Oil Drilling Unsafe In Every Backyard 2010

Accidents happen in every industry, maybe you will remember the gas pipe explosion in northern Mexico, but if you compare ton-mile of cargo lifted, nothing beats shipping bulk via water.

If You Oppose Domestic Drilling, You Support Oil Spills - Vladimir’s blog - RedState 2010

"Energy efficiency is a good proxy for emissions, and emissions per passenger-mile and ton-mile are lower for rail than for aviation, cars and trucks," said Ross B. Capon, executive director of the National Association of Railroad Passengers.

AIR TRAVEL AND ITS IMPACT ON CLIMATE CHANGE 2009

Cap and Trade or routine increases in the price of oil could easily cause trains to gain relative to trucks, however; trains use much less fuel per ton-mile, so anything that raises fuel prices favors trains.

The Volokh Conspiracy » What Does Warren Buffet Know? 2009

All these components are added by means of a common functional unit of grams of air pollutant per ton-mile of freight activity.

Rabett Run EliRabett 2009

It emits 35 times more CO2 than rail and 18 times more than road transportation on a ton-mile basis.

Rabett Run EliRabett 2009

The transportation cost is measure in just a few pennies per ton-mile.

Navy blues 2007

By comparison, the cost of moving things by air is measure in tens of dollars per ton-mile.

Navy blues 2007

"It is called the 'ton-mile effect,'" says Mr. Combe.

Ship Shortage 2007