cargo shipping
Goods by sea
Cargo shipping is the transport of goods by sea, typically in large vessels carrying freight across oceans.
The term encompasses the entire industry of maritime commerce, from container ships to bulk carriers.
Cargo shipping accounts for most of global trade by volume.
The phrase may also refer to the cost or process of sending goods this way: Cargo shipping to Europe takes three weeks.
- container shipVessel carrying standardized freight boxes
- bill of ladingCargo shipment receipt
- tankerVessel for liquid bulk
- supply chainProduct delivery infrastructure
- stevedoreShip cargo handler
loading dock · demurrage · customs clearance · maritime trade · transshipment · ocean freight · port authority · harbor pilot · barge · perishable goods · dead weight · tonnage · crate · logistics · port · unloading · sea legs · lost at sea
- maritimeships, ship, boat, boats, anchors
- exportscrude oil, petroleum, natural gas, oil, gas
- Arctic industriesoil drilling, oil extraction, gas extraction, arctic drilling, offshore drilling
- transport policyhighway funding, congestion pricing, fuel taxes, infrastructure funding, highway tolls
- waterway engineeringdredging, levees, locks, spillways, floodgates
- aviationaircraft, airports, flying, flight, airplane
cargo shippingair freight
Goods shipped by aircraft
air cargo · airmail · rail freight · trucking · air transport
cargo shippingferry service
Scheduled boat transportation route
passenger transport · cruise ships · passenger rail · commercial aviation · public transit