shipping industry
Cargo transport sector
The shipping industry encompasses businesses involved in transporting goods by sea, and by extension, other freight transport modes.
It includes cargo carriers, port operators, logistics companies, and shipbuilders.
The shipping industry accounts for over 80% of global trade by volume.
The term sometimes extends to parcel delivery services: The shipping industry struggles to meet holiday demand.
- maritime tradeCommerce via ocean vessels
- open seaWaters beyond coastlines
- cargoTransported goods
- cargo holdVessel's storage area
- sea freightCargo transported by vessel
freight · cranes · dock workers · stevedores · TEU · transshipment · dry docks · containerization · Lloyd's of London · harbor · port authority · berths · harbor pilots · terminals · bill of lading · tankers · flag of convenience · emissions standards
- DenmarkDanish, Copenhagen, Danes, Danish flag, Greenland
- maritime tradesea trade, container ships, ocean trade, seaports, ports
- Maritime Transportcargo ships, container ships, ferries, freighters, tankers
- Seaway ShippingGreat Lakes, freighters, cargo ships, locks, seaway
- maritime trainingcadet training, seamanship, navigation training, officer training, maritime safety
- Aland IslandsBrando, archipelago, Swedish language, demilitarization
shipping industryaviation industry
Commercial flight enterprise
air freight · trucking industry · ground transportation · air cargo · rail freight
shipping industrymanufacturing industry
Factories making goods commercially
digital commerce · agriculture · service economy · mining industry · e-commerce