seaborne trade
Ocean-going commercial exchange
Seaborne trade is the transport of goods and commodities across oceans and seas by ship.
It accounts for the vast majority of international commerce, moving everything from oil and grain to manufactured products in containers.
The term emphasizes the maritime nature of the exchange rather than air or land routes.
Seaborne trade between Asia and Europe has increased dramatically over the past decade.
- dockyardMaritime vessel construction site
- shipSeagoing transport vessel
- merchant navyCivilian commercial shipping fleet
- cargo vesselShip for transporting goods
- cargo holdVessel's storage area
import · chartering · demurrage · fleet management · high seas · marine pollution · deep water port · quay · container ship · customs · customs clearance · maritime law · oil spill · bill of lading · terminal · shipping insurance · tanker · warehouse
- maritimeships, ship, boat, boats, anchors
- coal industrycoal mining, strip mining, coal cars, anthracite, coal chutes
seaborne traderoad freight
Cargo hauled by vehicle
rail freight · road transport · rail transport · trucking · caravan trade
seaborne tradeautarky
Complete economic independence
subsistence economy · economic isolation · protectionism · self-sufficiency · domestic consumption
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