merchant ship
Commercial sailing vessel
A merchant ship is a vessel used for commercial purposes rather than military ones—carrying cargo, passengers, or both.
The term distinguishes trading vessels from warships: The convoy protected merchant ships crossing the Atlantic.
Also called a merchantman.
- freighterVessel for transporting goods
- vesselReceptacle for contents
- dhowArab trading vessel
- trampingWalking heavily, laboriously
- letters of marqueState license to raid enemies
tanker · galleon · blockade runner · bill of lading · sea lanes · trade route · maritime trade · seafaring · barge · tonnage · loading dock · port · port of call · trade · harbor · anchor · sail away · high seas
- boatsboat, canoe, kayak, yacht, ferry
- watercraftboat, sailboat, kayak, canoe, ships
- seafaringsailors, ships, sail, sailor, boats
- historic travelGrand Tour, carriage, pilgrimages, wagon, Silk Road
- shippingcargo ships, container ships, freight, package, logistics
- shipsvessel, freighter, tanker, oil tanker, frigate
purpose/function
merchant shipwarship
Armed naval vessel
naval vessel · battleship · man-of-war · military vessel · destroyer
ship, commerce, shipping, merchant, merchants, merchantman, merchant ships