transatlantic shipping
Cross-ocean cargo transport
Transatlantic shipping is the transport of goods or passengers across the Atlantic Ocean, typically between Europe and the Americas.
The term covers both cargo vessels carrying freight and, historically, ocean liners carrying travelers before air travel became dominant: Transatlantic shipping routes have connected the Old World and New World for centuries.
- carbon emissionsReleased greenhouse gases
- cargo shipsVessels for transporting goods
- container shipsVessels transporting standardized freight boxes
- sea lanesDesignated ocean passages
- oil tankersVessels transporting liquid fuel
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Goods transported by aircraft
air freight · rail freight · trucking · transatlantic flight · airmail
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