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  2. Maritime transport - Wikipedia

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    A nation's shipping fleet (variously called merchant navy, merchant marine, or merchant fleet) consists of the ships operated by civilian crews to transport passengers or cargo from one place to another. Merchant shipping also includes water transport over the river and canal systems connecting inland destinations, large and small.

  3. Marine Transportation Services - Wikipedia

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    Reassembly of the Radium King, 1937.. Marine Transportation Services [1] (MTS) formerly Northern Transportation Company Limited (NTCL) is a marine transportation company operating primarily in the Mackenzie River watershed of the Northwest Territories and northern Alberta, and the Arctic Ocean using a fleet of diesel tug boats and shallow-draft barges. [2]

  4. List of largest container shipping companies - Wikipedia

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    Evergreen Marine Corporation Taiwan: 1,648,821 212 5.7% [Note 7] Ocean Alliance 8 HMM Co. Ltd. South Korea: 797,327 71 2.8% THE Alliance(until February 2025) Premier Alliance (from March 2025) 9 Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation Taiwan: 708,591 94 2.5% THE Alliance(until February 2025) Premier Alliance (from March 2025) 10

  5. United States Maritime Administration - Wikipedia

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    The United States Maritime Administration (MARAD) is an agency of the United States Department of Transportation. MARAD administers financial programs to develop, promote, and operate the U.S. Maritime Service and the U.S. Merchant Marine. In addition, it conducts research and development activities in the maritime field; regulates the transfer ...

  6. United States Marine Highway Program - Wikipedia

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    The United States Marine Highway Program is a United States Department of Transportation (DOT) initiative authorized to increase use of the United States' 29,000 mi (47,000 km) of navigable waterways to alleviate traffic and wear to the nation's highways caused by tractor trailer traffic.

  7. Marine Transport Line - Wikipedia

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    Marine Transport Line (MTL) of New York, New York was a commercial steamship service started to support the needs of support charter shipping for the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration during World War 2. During wartime the Marine Transport Line operated Victory ships, and also a few other ships.

  8. Category:Maritime transport - Wikipedia

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    Marine engineering (9 C, 23 P) M. Marine salvage (1 C, 25 P) ... Pages in category "Maritime transport" The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total.

  9. Freight transport - Wikipedia

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    Freight transport, also referred to as freight forwarding, is the physical process of transporting commodities and merchandise goods and cargo. [1] The term shipping originally referred to transport by sea but in American English , it has been extended to refer to transport by land or air (International English: "carriage") as well.