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Meaning of shipping company | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A company whose main line of business is ownership and operation of ships.
  2. A line (the body of ships belonging to one nation, port or industry).

Equivalents

Dansk rederi
Deutsch Reederei Schiffahrtsgesellschaft Schiffahrtsunternehmen Schifffahrtsgesellschaft Schifffahrtsunternehmen
Español naviera
Suomi laivanvarustamo laivayhtiö varustamo
Nederlands rederij
Svenska rederi rederiföretag

Examples

“Steamship arrivals, however, are less predictable and the best arrangements of shipping companies and the railway operating department may be upset⟳ by weather and tide.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

shipping container shipping fever shipping forecast shipping lane shipping master shippo

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