sea transport
Ocean cargo movement
Sea transport is the movement of people or goods by ship or boat across oceans, seas, or other bodies of water.
It remains the dominant method for international cargo shipping, carrying the vast majority of global trade by volume: Most consumer goods reach stores via sea transport.
The term encompasses everything from container ships to passenger ferries.
- freighterVessel for transporting goods
- container shipVessel carrying standardized freight boxes
- bargeFlat freight vessel
- ocean linerLarge scheduled passenger vessel
- cruise shipPleasure voyage vessel
dock · port of call · shipyard · ferry · compass · maritime law · cargo hold · sextant · dead reckoning · hull · sonar · captain · deck hand · anchor · submarine · bill of lading · port · stevedore
sea transportroad transport
Vehicle-based goods movement
rail transport · ground transportation · air transport · trucking · air freight
sea transportair freight
Goods shipped by aircraft
express shipping · overnight delivery · air cargo · same-day delivery · air transport