Word: cargo
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...When I told my friends I was going to sea with a cargo ship, many of them said they had always wanted to try it but had no idea how to go about booking a trip. It's simple to inform yourself by Internet. The biggest online travel agency catering to cargo cultists is at freighterworld.com. You can reach the Egon Oldendorff line directly, at www.oldendorff.com. If you fancy French cuisine, CMA CGM is a major, French-owned freighter line operating transpacific routes, at www.cma-cgm.com. If you're a pre-cyber holdout, Cadogan Guides publishes a guidebook called Travel...
...company insists that even senior VPs and executives are still expected to don the latest A&F fashions. Michael J. Skey ’03, who was recruited for a merchandising post at Abercrombie, describes the odd site of middle-aged men walking around in vintage cargo shorts and throwing around slang faster than Justin Timberlake at the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards. “It was disconcerting,” says Skey. “These guys were like my dad’s age,” he says. “It was just kind...
...battery has been roaming around and targeting incoming planes for weeks--hence the southern approach, coming in above a stretch of remote desert that is patrolled by coalition forces. When we land, the HC-130 doesn't even pause long enough to stop its four propellers. It dumps a cargo of Air Force engineers, some electrical wiring and tents, and takes off in a hurry...
...BASE The first U.S. cargo planes landed at an airfield south of Nasiriya that is expected to become a major point of resupply for coalition forces. Iraqi forces continued to attack coalition positions around the city...
...average RV owner isn't Joe Six-Pack anymore. It's Joe Chardonnay," says Mike Duncan, investor-relations chief for high-end-RV maker Monaco Coach. The industry has also been winning over the sporty set with vehicles that include not only living quarters but also loading ramps and cargo space for Jet Skis, kayaks, ATVs and dune buggies. As for gas mileage, some new motor homes--the industry term for self-propelled RVs, as opposed to ones that must be towed--are surprisingly efficient. Winnebago CEO Bruce Hertzke notes that his company's sleek mini--motor home...