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ship·ping  (shpng)

n.

1. The act or business of transporting goods.

2. The body of ships belonging to one port, industry, or country, often referred to in aggregate tonnage.

3. Passage or transport on a ship.

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shipping [ˈʃɪpɪŋ]

n

1. (Transport / Nautical Terms)

a.  the business of transporting freight, esp by ship

b.  (as modifier) a shipping magnate shipping line

2. (Transport / Nautical Terms)

a.  ships collectively there is a lot of shipping in the Channel

b.  the tonnage of a number of ships shipping for this year exceeded that of last

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	shipping - the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials transport, transportation commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) business enterprise, commercial enterprise, business - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business" air transport, air transportation - transportation by air navigation - ship traffic; "the channel will be open to navigation as soon as the ice melts" hauling, trucking, truckage - the activity of transporting goods by truck freight, freightage - transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates expressage, express - rapid transport of goods ferrying, ferry - transport by boat or aircraft on-line, online - on a regular route of a railroad or bus or airline system; "on-line industries" off-line - not on a regular route of a transportation system; "an off-line ticket office"
	2.	shipping - conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry cargo ships, merchant vessels, merchant marine transport, conveyance - something that serves as a means of transportation

Translations

shipping [ˈʃɪpɪŋ]

A. N

1. (= ships) → barcos mpl, buques mpl; (= fleet) → flota f
a danger to shipping → un peligro para la navegación

2. (= transporting) → transporte m (en barco), embarque m; (= sending) → envío m

B. CPD shipping agent N → agente mf marítimo/a
shipping company, shipping line N → compañía f naviera
shipping instructions NPL → instrucciones fpl de embarque
shipping lane N → ruta f de navegación

shipping [ˈʃɪpɪŋ]

n

(= ships) → navires mpl

(= traffic) → navigation f

(= transport of cargo) → transport m maritime

(= transport charges) → frais mpl de transport

modif [industry, magnate, tycoon] → du transport maritime
shipping agent n → agent m maritime
shipping channel n → couloir m de navigation
shipping clerk n → expéditionnaire mf
shipping company n → compagnie f de navigation
shipping container n → conteneur m maritime
shipping forecast n
the shipping forecast → la météo marine
shipping industry n → industrie f du transport maritime
shipping lane n → couloir m de navigation
shipping line n → compagnie f de navigation

shipping

n no pl

→ Schifffahrt f; (= ships) → Schiffe pl; the Suez Canal has been reopened to shipping → der Suezkanal ist wieder für die Schifffahrt or für den Schiffsverkehr geöffnet

(= transportation) → Verschiffung f; (by rail etc) → Versand m

adj attr shipping business → Reederei- or Schifffahrtsgeschäft nt; shipping costs → Frachtkosten pl; shipping documents → Versanddokumente pl, → Warenbegleitpapiere pl

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shipping:

shipping agent

n → Reeder(in) m(f)

shipping case

n → Versandkiste f → or -behälter m

shipping clerk

n → Expedient(in) m(f), → Angestellte(r) mf → in der Versandabteilung

shipping company

n → Schifffahrtsgesellschaft f → or -linie f, → Reederei f

shipping forecast

n (Met) → Seewetterbericht m

shipping lane

n → Schifffahrtsstraße f

shipping line

n = shipping company

shipping losses

pl → Verluste pl → von or an Schiffen

shipping office

n (= agent’s office) → Büro nt → einer Reedereivertretung; (= place where seamen get jobs) → Heuerbüro nt

shipping route

n → Schifffahrtslinie f

shipping [ˈʃɪpɪŋ] n (ships) → imbarcazioni fpl; (traffic) → navigazione f
a danger to shipping → un pericolo per la navigazione