{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DefinedTerm","name":"Maritime transport","description":"A fully laden container vessel leaving port for a distant continent is maritime transport in its most familiar form: the movement of goods by ship across oceans and international waterways. By volume, roughly 80 to 90 percent of global merchandise trade travels by sea, making it the dominant mode of freight carriage in international commerce. Shippers favour ocean freight for its low unit costs on bulk, containerised, and heavy-lift cargo, accepting longer transit times than air or road alternat","inDefinedTermSet":{"@type":"DefinedTermSet","name":"Frachtportal Logistics Glossary","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary"},"url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary/maritime-transport","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-06-22T13:56:41.004053","citation":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_transport","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/glossary/en/maritime-transport","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Maritime transport · A fully laden container vessel leaving port for a distant continent is maritime transport in its most familiar form: the movement of goods by ship across oceans and international waterways. · Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_transport"}