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Shipping vs Tonnage - What's the difference?

shipping | tonnage |

As nouns the difference between shipping and tonnage

is that shipping is the transportation of goods while tonnage is the number of tons of water that a floating ship displaces.

As a verb shipping

is .

shipping

English

(wikipedia shipping)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) schipping, schyppynge, from (etyl) schippen, .

Noun

  • The transportation of goods.
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  • The body of ships belonging to one nation, port or industry.
  • Passage or transport on a ship.
  • The cost of sending an item or package via postal services.
  • Navigation.
  • * Shakespeare
    • God send 'em good shipping .
    Derived terms
    * shipping lane

    Etymology 2

    From .

    Verb

    (head)

    • tonnage

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia tonnage)
  • The number of tons of water that a floating ship displaces.
  • The capacity of a ship's hold etc in units of 100 cubic feet.
  • The number of tons of bombs dropped in a particular region over a particular period of time.
  • A charge made on each ton of cargo when landed etc.
  • The total shipping of a fleet or nation.

    • Coordinate terms

    * (charge per ton) cranage, demurrage, shippage, shorage, wharfage

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