As the result of the lack of significant rail freight service, more than 96 percent of this region's land freight is handled by truck.

Trucks haul 95 percent of land freight in Manitoba, and trucking companies account for 80 percent of Manitoba's merchandise trade to the United States.

The industry, which provides international transportation, logistic and household services, cover the ocean division, air freight division, land freight division, custom brokerage division, packing, insurance and warehousing.

Some organisations who cannot afford the high prices use the larger multimodal companies which offer a midway to the fast and expensive air freight, and the cheap and very slow land freight.

Plans for a Cross-Harbor Rail Tunnel to replace the declining car float operations of the railroads did not come to fruition; instead most land freight traffic converted to trucks.

In addition the plaintiffs argued that as a result of the construction of the dam the plaintiffs were unable to bring boats up to the dock or to land freight or passengers.

Looking at other earners of invisibles, tourism, shipping, civil aviation, consultancy, telecommunications and postal services and land freight transport all reflect the role of the transport industry and the substantial contribution it makes.

In 1908 the steamer Corwin landed freight and miners at the Northeastern Siberian Company's trading station on the north shore of Anadyr Bay; the current from the river was strong at this location.

Her mental kinesis augmented by a gestalt with the powerful generators that encircled her installation, Siglen could pick up messages from as far away as Earth and Betelgeuse, could locate and land freight drones as easily as others lifted the ordinary artifacts of everyday living.