shipping lines
Ocean freight businesses
Shipping lines are companies that operate cargo or passenger vessels along established maritime routes.
The term refers both to the companies themselves and to the regular routes they service: Several shipping lines compete for trans-Pacific freight.
Major shipping lines operate fleets of container ships connecting ports worldwide.
- drydockingRemoving vessel from water for repair
- freightGoods being transported
- tankersShips transporting fluids
- merchant fleetCommercial vessel collective
- cargoTransported goods
ocean freight · international trade agreements · customs clearance · trade routes · sea lanes · flag of convenience · bill of lading · cargo hold · shipbuilding · port of call · tariffs · containerization · crew management · global markets · ferries · trade hubs · stevedoring · high seas
- commercial carriersairlines, trucking companies, freight carriers, cargo airlines, parcel services
- Maritime Industrysteamships, merchant marine, merchant navy, sea charts, port authorities
- shippingfreight, package, logistics, crates, freighters
- Dutch Shippingmerchant fleet, Dutch East India Company, VOC, shipowners, cargo vessels
- Shipping CompaniesFedEx, UPS, DHL, USPS, Crowley
- transit routesbus route, bus routes, tram route, train route, light rail
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Commercial flight operators
trucking companies · rail freight · air cargo · ground shipping · railroads
shipping linesair express
Rapid aviation-based shipping
same-day delivery · FedEx · UPS · DHL
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