marine transportation
Boats and ships
Marine transportation is the movement of people or cargo by water—ships, boats, ferries, and barges traveling oceans, rivers, lakes, and canals.
The term appears in commercial, regulatory, and academic contexts: Marine transportation accounts for ninety percent of global trade.
It encompasses everything from container shipping to passenger cruises to inland barge traffic.
- cruise shipPleasure voyage vessel
- ferryVessel for scheduled crossings
- freightGoods being transported
- water taxiHired boat for passengers
- portDocking place for ships
containerization · shipping lanes · open water · high seas · hydrofoil · merchant navy · deck crew · naval fleet · logistics · ocean liner · port of call · dockyard · tanker · cargo ship · container ship · cargo hold · harbor · boat launch
- maritime academiesU.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Britannia, cadet programs
marine transportationground transportation
Non-flying travel methods
air transportation · rail transportation · road transport · aviation · trucking
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