Definition of "haulage" []

• The act or process of hauling. (noun)
• A charge made for hauling. (noun)

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• "Perhaps the greatest saving is in haulage, that is, in the employment of the heavy electric locomotive."
• "Mr. Hockridge said that a previous estimate of 15 million-20 million tons of lost coal haulage by the end of March could be updated to 25 million tons lost by the end of June."
• "QR National is responsible for nearly 90% of coal haulage in Queensland's Bowen Basin , a region that accounts for around two-thirds of the global trade in hard coking coal used in steelmaking."