merchant shipping
Cargo-carrying sea vessels
Merchant shipping refers to commercial vessels engaged in transporting goods or passengers for profit, as distinct from naval or military ships.
The term encompasses cargo ships, tankers, container ships, and passenger liners operating in trade: Merchant shipping accounts for ninety percent of global trade.
It also refers collectively to a nation's commercial fleet or the industry itself.
- freight ratesPrices for moving goods
- port of callScheduled ship stopover
- oil tankerVessel transporting liquid fuel
- general cargoUncontainerized mixed freight
- transshipmentCargo transfer between carriers
tramp steamer · trade routes · customs clearance · bunkering · global supply chain · shipowner · passenger ferry · bill of lading · economic zones · Lloyd's of London · Suez Canal · high seas · cargo vessel · maritime trade · cost-benefit analysis · maritime piracy
- maritime lawmaritime piracy, admiralty, law of the sea, salvage rights, towage
- British Tradetrade balance, trade deficit, trade surplus, export markets, colonial trade
- maritime trainingcadet training, seamanship, navigation training, officer training, maritime safety
- seamanshipseamanship, steering, anchoring, navigation, chartwork
- war economicswar funding, war effort, mobilization, defense contracts, munitions
merchant shippingwarships
Military combat vessels
naval vessels · men-of-war · battleships · destroyers · aircraft carriers
merchant shippingnaval fleet
Organized warships at sea
battle fleet · naval forces · armada · navy · task force
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