Term | Description |
---|---|
Merchant fleet unit ( units of measurement ) |
The number of ships in units is used (by type of vessel most often), and more significantly, vessel capacity expressed in million tons or TEU for container ships. |
Mooring |
Securing a ship by means of cables to a wharf or buoy. |
Multimodal transport chain |
Organization of a transport of goods using several different modes of transport: for example, road transport, then maritime transport, again road transport. |