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haul·age

(hô′lĭj)

1. The act or process of hauling.

2. A charge made for hauling.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

haulage

(ˈhɔːlɪdʒ)

1. the act or labour of hauling

2. (Railways) a rate or charge levied for the transportation of goods, esp by rail

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

haul•age

(ˈhɔ lɪdʒ)

n.

1. the act or labor of hauling.

2. a charge made for hauling equipment, goods, etc.

[1820–30]

haulage

a fee charged for hauling goods, as on a railroad or truck.

haulage

[ˈhɔːlɪdʒ]

A. N (= road transport) → transporte m, acarreo m; (= cost) → gastos mpl de transporte

B. CPD haulage company N → compañía f de transportes (por carretera)
haulage contractor N → transportista mf

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

haulage

[ˈhɔːlɪdʒ] n → transport m routierhaulage company n (mainly British) → entreprise f de transports (routiers)haulage contractor n

(mainly British) (= firm) → entreprise f de transports (routiers)

(= person) → transporteur/euse m/fhaulage firm n (mainly British) → entreprise f de transports (routiers)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

haulage

n (Brit)

(= road transport) → Transport m

(= transport charges) → Speditions- or Transportkosten pl

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

haulage

[ˈhɔːlɪdʒ] n (road transport) → trasporto, autotrasporto; (cost) → costo del trasporto

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

haul

(hoːl) verb

1. to pull with great effort or difficulty. Horses are used to haul barges along canals.

2. to carry by some form of transport. Coal is hauled by road and rail.

noun

1. a strong pull. He gave the rope a haul.

2. the amount of anything, especially fish, that is got at one time. The fishermen had a good haul; The thieves got away from the jeweller's with a good haul.

ˈhaulage (-lidʒ) noun

(money charged for) the carrying of goods by road, rail etc.

ˈhaulier (-liə) noun

a person who owns lorries which carry goods for other people.

a long haul

a long or tiring job, journey etc.

References in periodicals archive ?

The surface ADTs are operating on haulages in the region of 1.6 kin, with gradients averaging around 8%, whilst the undergound machines are hauling over distances of up to 5 km with gradients of around 10%.

Until recently, the core business of Perth-based NRW was centred on surface mining operations, the scope which includes waste handling, ore haulage, rehabilitation, civils applications (such as the construction of tailings dams) and stockpile management.

Bell goes underground

The machine is used in both overburden stripping operations and in the haulage of ore from the pit.

Bell's French connection

Australian Mining Consultants (AMC) has done a lot of work in this field and Peter McCarthy, managing director, notes that studies have revealed a big change in the economics of underground truck haulage, which flows through to project capital requirements and return on investment.

Mr McCarthy explains that: "An approach to mine planning has been developed based on the use of the latest technology in diesel trucks for haulage from considerable depth and for substantial tonnages." With each new change in truck technology the parameters have changed so that now depths up to 1,000 m and tonnages up to 1.5 Mt/y can be accommodated by a truck haulage operation up a decline.