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shipping

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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.

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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.shippingshipping - the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials
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.shippingshipping - conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry
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 shippingun peligro para la navegación
2. (= transporting) → transporte m (en barco), embarque m; (= sending) → envío m
B. CPD shipping agent Nagente mf marítimo/a
shipping company, shipping line Ncompañía f naviera
shipping instructions NPLinstrucciones fpl de embarque
shipping lane Nruta 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 nagent m maritime
shipping channel ncouloir m de navigation
shipping clerk nexpéditionnaire mf
shipping company ncompagnie f de navigation
shipping container nconteneur m maritime
shipping forecast n
the shipping forecast → la météo marine
shipping industry nindustrie f du transport maritime
shipping lane ncouloir m de navigation
shipping line ncompagnie f de navigation
shipping
n no pl
Schifffahrt f; (= ships)Schiffe pl; the Suez Canal has been reopened to shippingder Suezkanal ist wieder für die Schifffahrt or für den Schiffsverkehr geöffnet
(= transportation)Verschiffung f; (by rail etc) → Versand m
adj attr shipping businessReederei- or Schifffahrtsgeschäft nt; shipping costsFrachtkosten pl; shipping documentsVersanddokumente pl, → Warenbegleitpapiere pl

shipping:
shipping agent
nReeder(in) m(f)
shipping case
nVersandkiste for -behälter m
shipping clerk
nExpedient(in) m(f), → Angestellte(r) mfin der Versandabteilung
shipping company
nSchifffahrtsgesellschaft for -linie f, → Reederei f
shipping forecast
n (Met) → Seewetterbericht m
shipping lane
nSchifffahrtsstraße f
shipping line
shipping losses
plVerluste plvon or an Schiffen
shipping office
n (= agent’s office)Büro nteiner Reedereivertretung; (= place where seamen get jobs)Heuerbüro nt
shipping route
shipping [ˈʃɪpɪŋ] n (ships) → imbarcazioni fpl; (traffic) → navigazione f
a danger to shipping → un pericolo per la navigazione
shipping [ˈʃɪpɪŋ] n (ships) → imbarcazioni fpl; (traffic) → navigazione f
a danger to shipping → un pericolo per la navigazione


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On the 12th of January, 1893, I was seventeen, and the 20th of January I signed before the shipping commissioner the articles of the Sophie Sutherland, a three topmast sealing schooner bound on a voyage to the coast of Japan.
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