coastwise
Following the shoreline
Coastwise describes movement or transportation along a coast rather than across open water or inland.
It typically applies to shipping routes that hug the shoreline, stopping at ports along the way: coastwise trade between Atlantic cities.
In legal and regulatory contexts, coastwise shipping refers specifically to domestic maritime commerce between ports of the same country, which is often subject to special restrictions requiring vessels to be domestically flagged and crewed.
Relating to seashores
- shorelineLand-water boundary
- estuaryTidal mixing zone
- deltaSymbol denoting variation
- peninsulaLand almost encircled by water
cliff · beach · dunes · tideland · foreshore · headland · cove · bay
Journey by sea
- cruiseLeisurely ocean voyage
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- journeyTravel from place to place
- sailingWind-propelled water travel
excursion · itinerary · seafaring · passage · crossing · embarkation
littoral
Relating to seashores
peninsula · cliff · beach · dunes · tideland · foreshore · headland · cove · bay · gulf
voyage
Journey by sea
- cruiseLeisurely ocean voyage
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- journeyTravel from place to place
sailing · excursion · itinerary · seafaring · passage · crossing · embarkation
lighthouse
Coastal beacon tower
tides · waypoint · anchorage · harbor · sextant · compass · mariner · logbook · bearing · shoal
cargo
Transported goods
vessel · stevedore · dockyard · wharfage · longshoreman · manifest · quay · customs · tramper · merchantman
coastwisetransoceanic
Crossing a major sea
deep-sea · blue-water · offshore · transatlantic · transpacific
coast, coastal, coaster, coasts, coastline, coasting, coasted, seacoast, seacoasts