shippingship‧ping /ˈʃɪpɪŋ/ noun [uncountable] 
The port is closed to all shipping.2the delivery of goods, especially by shipshipping company/industry/agent etc a Danish shipping company a shipping route3American English the amount of money you pay a company to deliver goods to you: The jewelry can be yours for $15 plus shipping and handling.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- He plays the shipping company boss Mr Jaeger: Male speaker He's only filming for two days.
- He realized he was due for shipping home to Blighty.
- Investment in coastal shipping yet again reveals how local the process of capital formation in transport was.
- It intends shipping production code for the first time this week, saying it has hundreds of orders.
- It is in discussions with two consortia led by Trafalgar House and the shipping and property group P&O;
- The shipping company seemed to have most of the floor below that occupied by Ingard, Marshall and the board.
- Unlike bananas, which continue to ripen after picking, pineapples have been previously transported under-ripe to withstand damage during shipping.
WORD SETS
accelerate, verbaerodynamic, adjectiveaerodynamics, nounairfreight, nounaisle, nounarr., baggage room, nounboard, verbboarding, nounBOL, booking office, nounbrake, nounbrake, verbbrake light, nounbrake shoe, nounbreakdown clause, bulk freight, C&F, cable car, nouncable railway, nouncargo, nouncarriage, nouncarrier, nouncart, nounCFR, change, verbchange, nounchassis, nounchopper, nounCMR, compartment, nounconcourse, nounconductor, nouncongested, adjectiveconnect, verbconnection, nounconsolidator, nouncontainer, nounconveyance, nounconvoy, nouncouple, verbcoupling, nouncourier, nouncourier, verbcrash, verbcrash, nouncrew, nouncrewman, nouncruise, verbcutting, noundead reckoning, noundelivery date, departure, noundestination, noundispatch rider, noundistribution channel, diverge, verbdouble-book, verbdrop-off, noundrop-shipping, nounelevated railway, nounengine, nounengineer, nounETA, nounfare, nounfeeder, nounfirst class, nounfirst-class, adjectivefloating insurance, flow, verbFOB, FOB airport, fogbound, adjectiveFOR, fork, nounfork, verbfree of particular average, adjectivefreighter, noungangway, noungross weight, Gro t, gyroscope, nounHague Rules, nounhelmet, nounhigh-speed, adjectivehijack, verbhijack, nounhitch, verbhub airport, ICAO, intercity, adjectiveinternational airport, interstate, adjectivekph, LGV, line, nounloading, nounluge, nounluggage, nounluggage rack, nounmachine, nounmarine insurance, mileage, nounmilepost, nounmotion sickness, nounmph, mudflap, nounnavigate, verbnavigation, nounnet weight, one-way, adjectiveopen insurance, outride, verbovertake, verbpackager, nounpannier, nounpart shipment, passenger, nounpayload, nounportage, nounporter, nounpropulsion, nounramp, nounreceiving office, red-eye, nounregional airport, re-route, verbreturn, nounreturn, adjectivereverse logistics, ride, verbroller, nounround-trip, nounround-trip, adjectiveroute, nounroute, verbrun, verbrun, nounschedule, nounsecond class, nounservice, nounship, verbshipload, nounshipment, nounshipper, nounshipping, nounshuttle, nounshuttle, verbsingle, adjectivesingle, nounski, nounskid, verbskid, nounstabilizer, nounstaging post, nounstall, verbsteering wheel, nounstopping distance, nounstowage, nounsubsonic, adjectivesupersonic, adjectivesurface transport, tailwind, nountanker, nounticket, nountime machine, nountimetable, nountourist class, nountowrope, nountrack, nountrack, verbtraffic, nountranscontinental, adjectivetransfer, verbtransfer, nountransit visa, nountransportation, nountransship, travel insurance, troop carrier, nountruckload, nountunnel, nountwo-seater, nountyre, noununderway, adjectiveU-turn, nounviaduct, nounwheel, nounwheel, verbwreck, nounyaw, verbyield, verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY a Danish shipping company a shipping route The jewelry can be yours for $15 plus shipping and handling.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES busy shipping lanes a powerful media magnateCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
1ships considered as a group: a Danish shipping company a shipping route The jewelry can be yours for $15 plus shipping and handling.· I’m working for a printing company at the moment.
(=a forecast about weather conditions at sea)· According to the shipping forecast, strong winds can be expected later today.
busy shipping lanes a powerful media magnate· With his help I arranged to invest some money in a shipping company called Clarrikers.· He plays the shipping company boss Mr Jaeger: Male speaker He's only filming for two days.· Nevertheless, in accordance with the regulations of the shipping company, they had all been obliged to buy return tickets.· I telephoned him at the shipping company, but was told that he was not in the office.· Many new shipping companies formed in the late 1800's were set up on the strength of the coal markets.· The shipping company seemed to have most of the floor below that occupied by Ingard, Marshall and the board.· Next step was London to work for a shipping company and to play rugby for Blackheath.
· More can be done to cut some of the regulatory burdens our shipping industry faces.· As with the shipping industry, this is seen as a conflict of interest.· Delays not only affect the profitability of the shipping industry, but also frequently determine the success of the underlying business ventures.· Seacontrol represents the first time on-board maintenance software has been made commercially available to the shipping industry by a marine coatings supplier.
· The firm represents a large number of cargo shipping lines.· Last year's highly successful event netted in the region of £600,000 for the fair's owners, the shipping line P&O;· The shipping line believes the Seaforth facility is necessary to the maintenance of the line as an asset.· And shipping lines are exploring the technique as a way of stripping paint and barnacles from hulls.· Opposite An early Royal Mail shipping line poster.· His background is with shipping, first in the yards at Rostock, then with the national shipping line.· The programme of privatization involved the sale of the national airline, telecommunications company and shipping line to local and foreign investors.· Inset Cooks were agents for all the major shipping lines.
· On August 1, the aircraft in which Ramsay was flying was shot down leading an attack against merchant shipping.
The port is closed to all shipping.2the delivery of goods, especially by shipshipping company/industry/agent etc a Danish shipping company a shipping route3American English the amount of money you pay a company to deliver goods to you: The jewelry can be yours for $15 plus shipping and handling.