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Meaning of "shipping line" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SHIPPING LINE

shipping line  [ˈʃɪpɪŋ laɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHIPPING LINE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Shipping line 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 SHIPPING LINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Shipping line

A shipping line is a business that operates ships. Because shipping accounts for 95% of world trade volume, information about Shipping lines plays a crucial role.

Definition of shipping line in the English dictionary

The definition of shipping line in the dictionary is a business that operates ships, which it may or may not own.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SHIPPING LINE


airline
ˈɛəˌlaɪn
align
əˈlaɪn
aline
əˈlaɪn
Caroline
ˈkærəˌlaɪn
dateline
ˈdeɪtˌlaɪn
deadline
ˈdɛdˌlaɪn
decline
dɪˈklaɪn
headline
ˈhɛdˌlaɪn
hotline
ˈhɒtˌlaɪn
Klein
klaɪn
landline
lænd laɪn
ligne
laɪn
line
laɪn
main-line
meɪn laɪn
offline
ˈɒfˌlaɪn
online
ˈɒnˌlaɪn
outline
ˈaʊtˌlaɪn
skyline
ˈskaɪˌlaɪn
timeline
ˈtaɪmˌlaɪn
waterline
ˈwɔːtə laɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHIPPING LINE

shippen
shipper
shippie
shipping
shipping agent
shipping articles
shipping channel
shipping clerk
shipping company
shipping container
shipping department
shipping documents
shipping forecast
shipping industry
shipping lane
shipping losses
shipping ton
shippo
shippon
shippound

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHIPPING LINE

all along the line
bottom line
cell line
command line
credit line
discipline
dotted line
finish line
front line
hold the line
land line
lay on the line
on line
product line
production line
red line
sign on the dotted line
six-yard line
step out of line
tag line
toe the line

Synonyms and antonyms of shipping line in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «shipping line» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHIPPING LINE

Find out the translation of shipping line to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of shipping line from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «shipping line» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

船行
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

línea de transporte marítimo
570 millions of speakers

English

shipping line
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शिपिंग लाइन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خط الشحن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

судоходная линия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

linha de transporte
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শিপিং লাইন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ligne de transport
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Garis perkapalan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Reederei
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

船会社
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

배송 라인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Baris pengiriman
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đường dây vận chuyển
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கப்பல் கோடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शिपिंग लाइन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

nakliye hattı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

compagnia di navigazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

linia wysyłka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

судноплавна лінія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

linie de transport maritim
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ναυτιλιακή γραμμή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gestuur lyn
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

rederi
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rederiet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of shipping line

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHIPPING LINE»

The term «shipping line» is normally little used and occupies the 108.690 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SHIPPING LINE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «shipping line» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «shipping line» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about shipping line

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHIPPING LINE»

Discover the use of shipping line in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shipping line and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Political Economy of International Shipping in ...
In the Mediterranean-West Africa Conference (MEWAC), a new joint-shipping venture and full money pool was agreed on 1 March 1989, between Cote d' lvoire's privately owned shipping line, SIVOMAR, Camship of Cameroon, Liniea ...
Okechukwu Chris Iheduru, 1996
2
Container Shipping Services and Their Impact on Container ...
Project Parties Involved Nature of Business Shareholding Hutchison Port Holdings Pure stevedore 51% Rotterdam COSCO Pacific Stevedore related to carrier Euromax K Line Shipping line Terminal Hanjin Shipping line 49% Yangming ...
Wei Yim Yap, 2010
3
Integrating Seaports and Trade Corridors
shipping line can set up its own inland services, often by chartering trains or barges from specialized operators. The shipping line can organize carrier haulage with its largest clients in order to control the entire transport chain and this also ...
Mr Claude Comtois, Mr Robert J McCalla, Dr Peter Hall, 2012
4
Dictionary of Shipping Terms, 6th Edition
Bill of lading is often abbreviated to B/L. Shipper Person or company who enters into a contract with a liner conference, shipping line or shipowner for the carriage of goods. Shippers' council Body which represents the views and interests of ...
Peter Brodie, 2013
5
Commercial Shipping Handbook, Second Edition
—Consignee: party designated to take delivery of the goods. This party could be the receiver of the goods or an agent. —Notify party: person who should be notified by the shipping line of the arrival of the goods.This could be a customs broker ...
Peter Brodie, 2013
6
Current Issues in Shipping, Ports and Logistics
Special contractual berthing or volume agreements between a third-party stevedore and the shipping line (e.g. virtual dedication);  Minority shareholding of the shipping line in a terminal (typically below 20%);  Joint ventures between the ...
Theo Notteboom, 2011
7
Kenya Gazette
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, page 188 of this paper, item 656 talks about transport and the establishment of a Kenyan national shipping line. As T have already stated here, in 1969, Kenya corporated with Tanzania, Zambia and ...
8
Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard)
— Lsiabiishment oj Kenya fsaiiunul Shipping Line 462 {Mr. Mwaruwa] not to think negatively about this Morion. It <is a good Motion and we should join hands together and pass it unanimously. We 'have members of the pu'bl'ic here; they are ...
9
Introduction to Marine Cargo Management
3.4 Shipping lines and liner trades The shipping line operates the vessels carrying the goods, or charters the vessels to another company undertaking to operate a carriage service. It carries the cargoes, but leaves the arrangements for the ...
Mark Rowbotham, 2014
10
Port Economics
Wayne K. Talley. loadcenter port allows the shipping line to use relatively large ships to call at the port and thus to take advantage of ship cost economies of ship size at sea by calling at fewer ports. The convexityratio for ocean transportation is  ...
Wayne K. Talley, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHIPPING LINE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term shipping line is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Neptune: No Decision on Container Shipping Line Sale
Ltd. had put the struggling $1.7 billion container-shipping company up for sale, citing ... “The company has a duty to consider its options to maximize shareholder ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
2
Queen Mary 2 visits Halifax for Cunard Shipping Line celebrations
The ship is here as part of the 175th anniversary celebrations for the Cunard ... Sir Samuel Cunard, the founder of the Cunard Shipping Line, called Halifax ... «CTV News, Jul 15»
3
Shipping Line CMA CGM Signs Deal for Cuba Logistics Hub
French shipping giant CMA CGM SA announced Monday that it had entered an agreement with the government of Cuba and Cuban company Almacenes ... «Wall Street Journal, May 15»
4
Second shipping line quits Port of Portland
Earlier this year, Hanjin Shipping announced it would stop servicing Oregon's only deep water port terminal, too. Together, Hanjin Shipping and Hapag-Lloyd ... «Portland Tribune, Apr 15»
5
Exclusive: Shipping lines apply 'Ebola clause' to fend off virus risks
Shipping lines active in West Africa, such as oil tanker firm Stena Weco, have ... Among the stipulations in the various Ebola clauses being adopted by ship ... «Reuters, Nov 14»
6
Shipping company fined $67.7 million for price-fixing at Port
A Japanese shipping line will pay a nearly $70 million fine after agreeing to plead guilty to fixing prices and rigging bids for services at the port of Baltimore, the ... «Baltimore Sun, Sep 14»
7
Three global shipping lines form alliance serving Asia, Europe and US
Three of the world's largest container shipping lines are forming an alliance that will cover major trade lanes between Asia, Europe and the United States in ... «South China Morning Post, Sep 14»
8
Maersk, MSC Clinch New Container-Shipping Pact
In 2011, six container-shipping lines created the G6 Alliance, one of the largest vessel networks linking the Far East to Europe. And the CKYH Alliance, which ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 14»
9
Container shipping lines Hapag-Lloyd and CSAV in merger talks
Two of the world's highest-profile container shipping lines, Germany's Hapag-Lloyd and Chile's CSAV, are in talks about a potential merger that would create the ... «Financial Times, Dec 13»
10
Brussels launches pricing probe into container shipping
The launch of the probe comes more than two years after the commission raided at least four of the world's biggest container shipping lines, indicating that one ... «Financial Times, Nov 13»

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« EDUCALINGO. Shipping line [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/shipping-line>. Apr 2024 ».
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