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Shipping is physical
process of transporting goods and cargo. Virtually every product ever
made, bought, or sold has been affected by shipping. Despite the many
variables in shipped products and locations, there are only three basic
types of shipments: land, air, and sea.
Much shipping is done aboard actual ships. An individual nation's fleet
and the people that crew it are referred to its "merchant navy" or
"merchant marine". Merchant shipping is essential to the world economy,
carrying the bulk of international trade. The ships are also extremely
expensive constructions themselves, being some of the largest man-made
vehicles ever.The term originates with the shipping trade of wind power
ships, and has come to refer to the delivery of cargo and parcels of any
size above the common mail of letters and postcards.
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