Definition of Shipping

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Shipping

of Ship

Relating to ships, their ownership, transfer, or employment; as, shiping concerns.

Relating to, or concerned in, the forwarding of goods; as, a shipping clerk.

The act of one who, or of that which, ships; as, the shipping of flour to Liverpool.

The collective body of ships in one place, or belonging to one port, country, etc.; vessels, generally; tonnage.

Navigation.

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Shipping Quotations

The sea from Dunkirk to Dover during these days of the evacuation looked like any coastal road in England on a bank holiday. It was solid with shipping.
Douglas Bader

It was important on The Shipping News to have my house far enough away from each location so I had this time in the morning to think about my shots and still remain open to surprises once I got to the set.
Lasse Hallstrom

Since Europe is dependent on imports of energy and most of its raw materials, it can be subdued, if not quite conquered, without all those nuclear weapons the Soviets have aimed at it simply through the shipping routes and raw materials they control.
Barbara Amiel

To my knowledge, the Department of Homeland Security has focused on detection devices that are large, expensive, use a large amount of energy, and cannot easily be placed in or on a shipping container.
Jim Ryun

I can remember when I was National Security Adviser, the intelligence community told us... they put out an intelligence report saying that Iran would never back off from attacks on shipping in the Gulf if we use force.
Frank Carlucci

To meet the shortage of supplies from America, due to lack of shipping, the representatives of the different supply departments were constantly in search of available material and supplies in Europe.
Kelly Miller

Fourth, we might have declared an embargo against the shipping from American ports of any merchandise to either one of these governments that persisted in maintaining its military zone.
George William Norris

When approved, the SAFE Port Act will make progress toward protecting the physical infrastructure of our seaports as well as our national economy which is so clearly dependent on the commercial shipping business.
Lucille Roybal-Allard

It takes four months to ship food aid and 40 percent of the cost is in the shipping. People cannot eat shipping costs. We have had people die when there are surpluses in the markets.
Andrew Natsios

Shipping Translations

shipping in German is Versendung, versand, verschiffend, Versandt
shipping in Spanish is embarque
shipping in Swedish is frakt

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