A ship is a large boat which carries passengers or cargo .

to manoeuvre a vessel onto a new tack

to excommunicate

a regularly used route for commercial ships

a business that operates ships, which it may or may not own

a room or department , as in a warehouse , where goods are made ready for shipment , and from which they are taken by a carrier

a unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds or 1016.046909 kilograms

to manoeuvre a vessel onto a new tack

a person or company whose business is to prepare shipping documents , arrange shipping space and insurance , and deal with customs requirements

a person employed by a company to arrange , receive, record, and send shipments of goods

the total loss of a navy's ships in wartime , esp with reference to those sunk during the Second World War

shipping which is involved in commerce (rather than defence , etc)

a navigational pathway that a ship uses to travel from one place to another

a company that transports of shipments of goods (by ship or other means of transport)

a large, strong container , usually of metal, used to store goods in during shipment

documents relating to the sending of a shipment of goods , for example containing details of contents , weight , value etc.

→ the shipping forecast

the industry concerned with transporting freight , esp by ship

FOB shipping point is a shipping term indicating that ownership of goods passes when they are transferred to the carrier .

a department in a company responsible for arranging, receiving, recording , and sending shipments of goods

a radio broadcast made by the BBC of weather reports and forecasts for the seas around the British Isles

To drop-ship an item is to have it sent direct from your supplier to your customer . This is a common method of fulfilling online orders.

If someone ships out , they leave a place, especially by ship.

to manoeuvre a vessel onto a new tack

an annual publication giving details of all ships that have been built according to the various classifications established by this society

a type of contract by which sailors agree to the conditions, payment, etc, for the ship in which they are going to work

a unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds or 1016.046909 kilograms

a unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds or 1016.046909 kilograms

a unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds or 1016.046909 kilograms

st is used as a written abbreviation for → stone when you are mentioning someone's weight.

A ton is a unit of weight that is equal to 2240 pounds in Britain and to 2000 pounds in the United States .