shipping

frais de livraison, frais de port

Somme à payer pour qu’un article te soit envoyé.

En anglais simple : The money you pay to have an item sent to you.

• Shipping is free.
• I paid extra for shipping.
• Does the price include shipping?

Synonymes : delivery charge, postage

Expressions courantes : free shipping, shipping costs, pay for shipping, shipping included

expédition, transport de marchandises

Activité ou processus consistant à envoyer des marchandises d’un endroit à un autre.

En anglais simple : The process or business of sending goods from one place to another.

• Shipping takes three days.
• The factory uses trucks for shipping.
• International shipping was delayed by the storm.

Comment l'utiliser : shipping of something (The company handles the shipping of fresh fruit.)

Synonymes : transport, transportation, freight transport

Expressions courantes : international shipping, shipping company, shipping industry, shipping services

flotte, marine marchande

Tous les navires d’un pays, d’un port ou d’un secteur, considérés ensemble.

En anglais simple : All the ships belonging to a country, port, or industry, considered as a group.

• The harbor was full of shipping.
• Enemy shipping was attacked near the coast.
• The war destroyed much of the nation's merchant shipping.

Synonymes : ships, fleet

Expressions courantes : merchant shipping, coastal shipping, enemy shipping

transport maritime, navigation

Voyage ou transport de personnes ou de marchandises par bateau.

En anglais simple : Travel or transport by ship.

• Shipping across the bay was suspended.
• The new canal made shipping between the ports faster.
• Bad weather disrupted passenger shipping along the coast.

Synonymes : sea transport, maritime transport

Expressions courantes : shipping by sea, coastal shipping, shipping routes