shipping
61shipping lane — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms shipping lane : singular shipping lane plural shipping lanes an official route that ships must follow when they sail from one place to another …
62shipping fever — noun a deadly form of septicemia in cattle and sheep; involves high fever and pneumonia; contracted under conditions of exposure or exhaustion (as often happens when the animals are shipped to market) (Freq. 6) • Syn: ↑shipping pneumonia •… …
63Shipping route — A shipping route is a trade route used by merchant ships.Early routes usually were coastal in nature as navigators had to rely on the coastal landmarks. As the knowledge of navigation and mapmaking increased, shipping routes became less dependent …
64Shipping Forecast — Las áreas marítimas recubridas por el Shipping Forecast de la BBC El Shipping Forecast (pronóstico marítimo) es un boletín meteorológico especializado emitido cuatro veces al día por la radio de la BBC. Se encarga de difundir previsiones… …
65shipping office — noun the office of a shipping agent or shipping master …
66shipping ton — a traditional unit measuring the volume (not the weight) of items shipped by sea. The U.S. shipping ton is the same as the freight ton (see ton5), 40 cubic feet or about 1.1326 cubic meters. The British shipping ton is 5% larger at 42 cubic… …
67shipping pneumonia — noun a deadly form of septicemia in cattle and sheep; involves high fever and pneumonia; contracted under conditions of exposure or exhaustion (as often happens when the animals are shipped to market) • Syn: ↑shipping fever • Hypernyms: ↑animal… …
68shipping control — See naval control of shipping …
69shipping lane — A term used to indicate the general flow of merchant shipping between two departure/terminal areas …
70shipping time — The time elapsing between the shipment of materiel by the supplying activity and receipt of materiel by the requiring activity. See also order and shipping time …
