freight transport
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physical process of transporting commodities and merchandise goods and cargo
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Encyclopedic overview
This map of shipping routes illustrates the relative density of commercial shipping in the world's oceans.
Freight transport, also referred to as freight forwarding, is the physical process of transporting commercial products and merchandise goods and cargo. The term shipping originally referred to transport by sea but in American English, it has been extended to refer to transport by land or air (International English: "carriage") as well. "Logistics", a term borrowed from the military environment, is also used in the same sense.
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