Meanings
nounshipping company (plural shipping companies)
plural shipping companies
- businessA company whose main line of business is ownership and operation of ships.
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.
1962 April, J. N. Faulkner, “Summer Saturday at Waterloo”, in Modern Railways, page 264 - A line (the body of ships belonging to one nation, port or industry).
Translations
Danish rederi
- redericompany
Dutch rederij
- rederijcompany
Finnish varustamo, laivanvarustamo
- varustamocompany
- laivanvarustamocompany
German Reederei, Schifffahrtsgesellschaft
- Reedereicompany
- Schifffahrtsgesellschaftcompany
- Schiffahrtsgesellschaftcompany
- Schifffahrtsunternehmencompany
- Schiffahrtsunternehmencompany
Norwegian Bokmål rederi
- redericompany
Spanish naviera
- navieracompany
Swedish rederi
- redericompany
Cite this entry
APA
shipping company. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shipping%20company
MLA
“shipping company.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shipping%20company. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
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