maritime industry
Seafaring business sector
The maritime industry encompasses commercial activities related to the sea—shipping, shipbuilding, port operations, and ocean resource extraction.
It includes cargo transport, cruise lines, fishing fleets, offshore drilling, and the support services that keep vessels operating: The maritime industry employs millions worldwide.
Also called the marine industry or shipping industry.
- cruise shipsSeagoing pleasure vessels
- container shipsVessels transporting standardized freight boxes
- freightGoods being transported
- sea freightCargo transported by vessel
- fisheriesFish-harvesting operations
cargo · maritime law · containerization · stevedoring · drydocks · customs clearance · shipyards · port authorities · aquaculture · open sea · high seas · deep water · warehousing · buoys · shipping · shipping lanes · offshore drilling · logistics
maritime industryground transportation
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