seaborne
Transported by ship
Seaborne means carried by or traveling over the sea.
Seaborne trade moves by ship rather than by air or land.
A seaborne invasion arrives from the water.
Seaborne cargo is freight transported by vessel.
The word emphasizes the maritime nature of transport or travel: Seaborne commerce dominated before the age of aviation.
Exchange of commodities
- cargoTransported goods
- freightGoods being transported
- importObtain from overseas
- exportForeign-bound sale
merchant · containerization · tanker · globalization · commodities · intercontinental · supply-chain · transatlantic
Thing for storing items
- freighterVessel for transporting goods
- vesselReceptacle for contents
- tankerVessel for liquid bulk
- bargeFlat freight vessel
stevedore · manifest · lading · consignment · dockyard · port · harbor · quay
Vehicles under unified command
- warshipArmed naval vessel
- destroyerOne that ruins completely
- frigateMedium-sized naval warship
- carrierOne that transports
battleship · cruiser · submarine · corvette · amphibious · torpedo · admiral · convoy
Organized exploratory journey
- discoveryAct of finding something
- voyageJourney by sea
- explorersThose who venture unfamiliar lands
- unchartedNot yet documented
navigation · oceanography · hydrothermal · sonar · submersible · mapping · circumnavigation · seafarers
Widespread disease occurrence
- plagueDeadly epidemic disease
- contagionDisease spread by contact
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- choleraBacterial disease causing fatal dehydration
typhoid · pathogens · infection · outbreak · transmission · rats · contamination · fever
trade
Exchange of commodities
export · merchant · containerization · tanker · globalization · commodities · intercontinental · supply-chain · transatlantic · transpacific
container
Thing for storing items
barge · stevedore · manifest · lading · consignment · dockyard · port · harbor · quay · wharf
fleet
Vehicles under unified command
carrier · battleship · cruiser · submarine · corvette · amphibious · torpedo · admiral · convoy · blockade
expedition
Organized exploratory journey
uncharted · navigation · oceanography · hydrothermal · sonar · submersible · mapping · circumnavigation · seafarers · Magellan
epidemic
Widespread disease occurrence
- plagueDeadly epidemic disease
- contagionDisease spread by contact
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
cholera · typhoid · pathogens · infection · outbreak · transmission · rats · contamination · fever
- nautical termsahoy, afloat, aye aye, aye-aye, becalmed
- shipping termson-time delivery, expedited, en route, postage, cash on delivery
- amphibious warfareamphibious assault, beach landing, amphibious warfare, landing craft, amphibious vehicle
seaborneoverland
Via land routes
land-based · airborne · landlocked · ground-based · terrestrial
bear, sea, ocean, born, marine, seaside, seashore, borne, seafaring