Ship transport

Ship transport is watercraft carrying people (passengers) or goods (cargo).

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 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.

Merchant shipping

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Fisherman falls off trawler, stays alive by swimming for 7 hours

The Times of India 21 Aug 2018

Around 20 nautical miles (40km) off Panambur beach, 10km from Mangaluru, a UAE-bound merchant ship came to his rescue ... Undeterred, he kept swimming and around 6pm, saw a merchant vessel passing the shipping lanes off the west coast ... Captain SR Patnaik, deputy conservator of the New Mangalore Port Trust, said as the Coast Guard vessel was far off, he instructed a passing merchant ship, MT Pacific Lagoon, to rescue Nagarajan....

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Residential status, source of income decides taxability

Live Mint 21 Aug 2018

I work on a ship as a merchant navy officer ... The term Indian ship has to be read as per Section 3(18) of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 i.e. a ship registered under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958. Also, there are specific rules for computation of physical presence in India in case of an individual, who is a citizen of India and a member of the crew of a foreign bound ship leaving India....

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Maritime bodies pledge support to flood-ravaged Kerala

The Times of India 20 Aug 2018

Indian subsidiaries of world's leading ship-manning companies, that employ thousands of Indian merchant navy officers, are active stakeholders of MASSA since its inception in 1947. The MUI represents merchant navy officers of India since 1941. India's oldest shipping union, NUSI continues to serve low-skilled and semi-skilled workforce of Indian merchant navy for the past 121 years....

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Fallen in mid sea, gritty fisherman swims 7 hours for life

The Times of India 20 Aug 2018

Around 20 nautical miles (40km) off Panambur beach, 10km from Mangaluru, a UAE-bound merchant ship came to his rescue ... Undeterred, Nagarajan kept swimming and around 6pm, saw a merchant vessel passing the shipping lanes off the west coast ... But as the vessel was far off, he decided to instruct and guide a passing merchant ship, MT Pacific Lagoon, bearing a Liberian flag, to rescue Nagarajan....

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Flag row over plan to drop Saltire for a day

Scotsman 20 Aug 2018

A row has broken out over calls to replace the Saltire flag with the Red Ensign for one day to commemorate Merchant Navy sailors who died during both world wars ... The Red Ensign will be flown over the UK to mark Merchant Navy Day on September 3 ... Merchant Navy Day is on the Scottish Government's official list of flag-flying days ... “The day is to symbolise all the merchant ships and merchant seamen that were lost during World War Two....

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Sorry boys, Rome’s gone bone dry

Cherokee County Herald 20 Aug 2018

Feb. 10, 1908, had to be a sad day for the Rome City Council. That’s the day Mayor John W. Maddox, presiding over the council, closed the dispensary as a business enterprise. It was, from that time on, illegal to sell any intoxicating beverage in Floyd County ... But they had trains. Chattanooga whiskey merchants were shipping whiskey in unmarked packages to the Southern Express Co ... So Chattanooga didn’t slow down, they kept right on shipping....

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Dwindling Merchant Marine fleet crimps our ability to wage war

Omaha World-Herald 19 Aug 2018

The Navy itself does not have enough ships to handle a large-scale supply mission on its own and has relied in almost every conflict on the Merchant Marine ... One member of Congress described the shortfall in merchant ships as a weak flank in the nation's defense posture, and referred to one of the epic battles from World War II, saying it would have been a lost cause in today's conditions....

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Samsung 82" 2160p Smart LED 4K Ultra HD TV for $2,300 + pickup at Walmart

CNET 19 Aug 2018

Walmart offers the Samsung 82" Smart LED 4K Ultra HD TV, model number no.UN82MU8000, for $2,299.99. Opt for in-store pickup to dodge the $34.97 shipping charge. That's the lowest price we could find by $737, although most merchants charge $5,000. Features include. 3840x2160 (4K) native resolution 120Hz refresh rate, UHD dimming, and HDR 1000 20W speakers and 802.11ac WiFi Ethernet, 3 USB, & 4 HDMI inputs ... ....

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Award for Royal Navy sailors who defied missile threat to protect merchant ships

Public Technologies 19 Aug 2018

This achievement shows how capable the Royal Navy's Type 45 destroyers truly are, having successfully defended hundreds of thousands of tonnes of merchant shipping with our sensors and weapons Commander Phil Dennis. HMS Daring's crew operated for 50 days under threat of attack, safeguarding 800,000 tonnes of merchant shipping....

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The Jones Act improves security and is worth protecting

Daily Bulletin 18 Aug 2018

Most of the ships that call on Puerto Rico are foreign flagged and current law allows them to deliver as many goods from foreign ports as Puerto Ricans can consume ... In a time of war, without the Jones Act, quickly rebuilding our shipyard industrial base would be next to impossible and training the American merchant mariners to man ships would take precious time we will not have....

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State can issue provisional certificates to vessels

The Hindu 18 Aug 2018

The Bench comprising Justices S.A. Bobde and L ... Earlier, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court in an interim direction had directed the Director General of Shipping to consider the pleas for the registration of the unregistered deep sea vessels on merits, individually ... Under Section 435 of The Merchant Shipping Act, 1958, the vessels should be inspected before being registered, he had said .......

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Did the Black Man Die in Vietnam as a Black Man or as the Illusion ...

The Stranger 18 Aug 2018

This reduction in cost upset a bunch of American merchants. They grumbled, they held secret meetings, they boarded the British East India ship on December 16 and dumped and destroyed its cargo of tea ... If he turns in time and flies to the ship in the Boston Harbor and sees the white men dressed as Native American warriors committing an act of war, he sees himself more in who they are not, Mohawks....

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Fisherman swims for 6 hrs to save his life

Deccan Herald 17 Aug 2018

In the meanwhile, the NMPT received a message about a merchant vessel spotting a person in distress in midsea ... He decided to instruct and guide a passing Merchant Ship MT Pacific Lagoon bearing a Liberian Flag to the location to rescue the fisherman....

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