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merchant fleet

Meaning of "merchant fleet" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF MERCHANT FLEET

ˈmɜːtʃənt fliːt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MERCHANT FLEET

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Merchant fleet is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MERCHANT FLEET MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ship transport

Ship transport is watercraft carrying people or goods. Sea transport has been the largest carrier of freight throughout recorded history. Although the importance of sea travel for passengers has decreased due to aviation, it is effective for short trips and pleasure cruises. Transport by water is cheaper than transport by air, despite fluctuating exchange rates and CAF charges to account for such. Ship transport can be over any distance by boat, ship, sailboat or barge, over oceans and lakes, through canals or along rivers. Shipping may be for commerce, recreation or the military purpose. Virtually any material that can be moved can be moved by water; however, water transport becomes impractical when material delivery is highly time-critical. Containerization revolutionized ship transport starting in the 1970s. "General cargo" includes goods packaged in boxes, cases, pallets, and barrels. When a cargo is carried in more than one mode, it is intermodal or co-modal.

Definition of merchant fleet in the English dictionary

The definition of merchant fleet in the dictionary is the total number of civilian ships of a country carrying either passengers or cargo.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MERCHANT FLEET

athlete · Benfleet · cleat · compleat · complete · delete · deplete · elite · fleet · gleet · incomplete · leat · leet · Nibelungenlied · obsolete · pleat · replete · sleet · triathlete · undelete

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MERCHANT FLEET

merchandizer · merchandizing · merchant · merchant bank · merchant banker · merchant marine · merchant navy · merchant prince · merchant seaman · merchant seamen · merchant ship · merchant shipping · merchant vessel · merchant-like · merchantability · merchantable · merchanting · merchantman · merchantmen · merchantry

WORDS THAT END LIKE MERCHANT FLEET

admiral of the fleet · court-leet · discreet · feet · First Fleet · fishing fleet · greet · High Street · Main Street · man in the street · meet · retweet · sheet · street · sweet · the Fleet · the High Street · tweet · vent gleet · Wall Street

Synonyms and antonyms of merchant fleet in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «merchant fleet» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MERCHANT FLEET

Find out the translation of merchant fleet to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of merchant fleet from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «merchant fleet» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

商船
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

flota mercante
570 millions of speakers
en

English

merchant fleet
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

व्यापारी बेड़ा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الأسطول التجاري
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

Торговый флот
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

frota mercante
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

বণিক বাহিনী
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

flotte marchande
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Armada saudagar
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Handelsflotte
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

商船隊
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

상선
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Armada dagang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hạm đội thương gia
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

வணிகக் கடற்படை
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

व्यापारी जहाजे
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Ticaret filosu
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

flotta mercantile
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

flota handlowa
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

Торговий флот
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

flotă comercială
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εμπορικός στόλος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

handelaar vloot
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

handelsflottan
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

handelsflåten
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of merchant fleet

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MERCHANT FLEET»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about merchant fleet

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MERCHANT FLEET»

Discover the use of merchant fleet in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to merchant fleet and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Will America Retain It's [!] Merchant Fleet Final Report to ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Edward Nash Hurley, 2010
2
Effective Manning of the U.S. Merchant Fleet
STATUS AND MANNING OF THE U.S. MERCHANT FLEET STATUS In this report , the U.S. merchant fleet is considered to comprise U.S. -flag, privately owned, self-propelled oceangoing vessels over l,000 gross registered tons.
‎1984
3
Review of Maritime Transport 2007
Table 27 Tonnage oversupply in the world merchant fleet, selected years (End-of -year figures) Sources: Compiled by the UNCTAD secretariat on the basis of data supplied by Lloyd's Register - Fairplay and Lloyd's Shipping Economist, various ...
United Nations, 2008
4
Latin American Merchant Shipping in the Age of Global ...
The first authoritative survey of Latin American shipping during the second half of the century, this book examines first the expansion and then the collapse of the industry.
‎1999
5
Current History
Government operation of the merchant fleet is perhaps the most possible solution of the problem. Under control of the navy a sizable merchant fleet might be maintained. When one visits a prize warship and sees the engineering " E " on her ...
‎1920
6
Piracy and the Decline of Venice, 1580-1615
If we had to examine the problem of the Venetian merchant fleet, we certainly could not limit ourselves to discussing the effects of pirate warfare upon it, however profound these were. We should have to consider at length other aspects of the ...
Alberto Tenenti, 1967
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Establishment of an American Merchant Marine: Relative to ...
Our merchant fleet as it asses into )rivatc ownershi must not become concentrated into the hands of a few arge steams ip companies. }if that should happen, these com anles would soon find themselves facing similar difficulties to those that ...
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, 1920
8
The Kaiser's Merchant Ships in World War I
In addition, the major German merchant fleet— HAPAG, operating out of Hamburg— was the largest such entity in the world. By the end of 1918, less than five years later, the once-vaunted passenger liners of Germany's merchant fleet and the ...
William Lowell Putnam, 2001
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Review of Maritime Transport 2002
Table 52 gives a closer look at the merchant fleet of these countries. Nine countries beneficially own vessels amounting to 6.35 million dwt in open registers, notably in Panama. Thus the fleet owned by developing countries in America is 1 8.4 ...
UNCTAD., Secretar UNCTAD. Secretariat UNCTAD. Secretariat, 2002
10
Oil and Coffee: Latin American Merchant Shipping from the ...
Essentially, the State Merchant Fleet retained the freedom to use only 25 percent of its tonnage and instead kept 75 percent of its tonnage in the trade with the United States. Argentina also agreed to honor the U.S. system of A and B priorities ...
‎1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MERCHANT FLEET»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term merchant fleet is used in the context of the following news items.
1
To Defeat China in Battle, America Should Study World War II …
Eventually, the Japanese merchant fleet was unable to perform its most basic functions — it could not replenish forward naval forces, move ... «War is Boring, Jul 15»
2
Björn Rosengren: Power Boss (Part II) - MarineLink
Within the merchant fleet, the Wärtsilä 31 is designed for applications as a main engine for small to medium tankers, bulk carriers and container ... «MarineLink, Jul 15»
3
Talen Entering NYISO, Expanding in ISO-NE in $1.2B Deal: RTO …
The company is believed to be considering the acquisition of American Electric Power's merchant fleet in Ohio and Indiana, which AEP ... «RTO Insider, Jul 15»
4
Gov't, Victory Front deputies relaunch merchant navy, shipbuilding bill
We are abiding by the (the late President) Néstor Kirchner's promise made when he came to power in 2003 to recreate a merchant fleet and a ... «Buenos Aires Herald, Jul 15»
5
The Jones Act Strikes Again
Drafters of the legislation hoped that the merchant fleet would remain healthy and robust if all shipments from one U.S. port to another were ... «Cato Institute, Jul 15»
6
Greek maritime industry fears being punished for its success
Greece controls 19 per cent of the oceans' dry bulk carriers and almost a quarter of the oil tankers — the largest merchant fleet in the world. «Financial Times, Jul 15»
7
The US Trade Hypocrisy in Vietnam
Nearly a quarter of all traded goods pass through the Strait of Malacca. The United Nations suggests half of the world's merchant fleet tonnage, ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
8
On Marriage
And, of course, there were other marital alliances between monarchs, thanes, lords of the manor, neighboring farmers and merchant fleet ... «RhinoTimes.com Greensboro, Jul 15»
9
Stock Update: Dominion Resources Inc (NYSE:D) - Dominion …
It also comprises generation operations of the company's merchant fleet and energy marketing, and price risk management activities for these ... «Jutia Group, Jul 15»
10
Greek maritime companies as a stimulant to Greece's economic …
Greek shipping plays an important role in the context of Greece's economy shipping while its merchant fleet is one of the biggest globally; ... «Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide, Jul 15»
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