shipping companies
Cargo transport businesses
Shipping companies are businesses that transport goods by sea, air, land, or some combination.
The term most often refers to maritime freight carriers that move cargo across oceans in container ships or tankers: The shipping company quoted us six weeks for delivery from Shanghai.
Major shipping companies operate fleets of vessels and handle logistics for global trade.
- shipyardsVessel construction facilities
- seafarersThose who travel oceans
- high seasWaters beyond jurisdiction
- cargo holdVessel's storage area
- customs clearanceFormal import approval procedure
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- maritimeship, boat, boats, anchors, sailor
- shippingfreight, package, logistics, crates, freighters
- Dutch Shippingmerchant fleet, VOC, shipowners, cargo vessels, tankers
- warehouse districtloading docks, freight elevators, brick buildings, distribution centers, manufacturing
- entitiesentity, being, object, thing, item
- colonial enterpriseschartered companies, trading companies, colonial governors, crown colonies, British Empire
shipping companiespassenger airlines
Companies transporting paying air travelers
travel agencies · Uber · Lyft · tour operators · limousine services
shipping companiesimporters
Those who bring in foreign goods
consignees · exporters · end consumers · retail stores · manufacturers
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