ocean freight
Maritime goods transport
Ocean freight is the transport of goods by sea, or the cargo itself being shipped.
The term appears in logistics and international trade contexts: Ocean freight rates have increased since the pandemic.
Businesses choose ocean freight over air freight when cost matters more than speed.
Also called sea freight.
- TEUCargo capacity standard
- portsShip berths or device jacks
- deep water portHarbor accommodating large ships
- dock workersLaborers at shipping ports
- shippingTransporting goods to destinations
shipping lanes · container shipping · demurrage · transshipment · customs duties · shipping containers · maritime law · cargo · carbon emissions · sea legs · customs clearance · cargo vessels · cranes · marine pollution · tonnage · trade agreements · harbor · berth
- cargocargo, shipment, payload, goods, general cargo
- Maritime Industryshipping lines, container ships, merchant ships, steamships, merchant marine
- maritime tradesea trade, container ships, cargo ship, shipping routes, seaports
- shipping & transporttruck, semi, cargo ship, container ship, tanker
- freightcargo, cargo ships, cargo ship, cargo planes, cargo trains
- freight logisticscargo trains, shipping containers, customs clearance, cargo handling, containers
ocean freightair freight
Goods shipped by aircraft
air cargo · air shipping · rail freight · road freight · airmail
ocean freightsame-day delivery
Shipment arriving within hours
express shipping · overnight delivery · expedited shipping · priority shipping · rush delivery