Merchant vessel
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- "A merchant ship, merchant vessel, trading vessel, or merchantman is a watercraft that transports cargo or carries passengers for hire. This is in contrast to pleasure craft, which are used for personal recreation, and naval ships, which are used for military purposes.
They come in myriad sizes and shapes, from twenty-foot inflatable dive boats in Hawaii, to 5,000 passenger casino vessels on the Mississippi River, to tugboats plying New York Harbor, to 1,000-foot oil tankers and container ships at major ports, to passenger-carrying submarines in the Caribbean.
Most countries of the world operate fleets of merchant ships. However, due to the high costs of operations, today these fleets are in many cases sailing under the flags of nations that specialize in providing manpower and services at favourable terms. Such flags are known as "flags of convenience". Currently, Liberia and Panama are particularly favoured. Ownership of the vessels can be by any country, however." - (en.wikipedia.org 14.02.2021)
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Bremer Kogge
Die „Bremer Kogge“ ist ein...
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Image: Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum - Leibniz-Institut für deutsche Schifffahrtsgeschichte - CC BY-NC-SA -
Die Seeschlacht bei Gibraltar am 25. Mai 1607 (Hogenberg)
Um Angriffe auf...
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Image: Städtisches Museum Schloss Rheydt - CC BY -
Eisberg
Darstellung eines Eisbergs im...
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Image: Historisches Museum der Pfalz, Speyer - CC BY -
Schiffbau in Köpenick, Bild 1, 1969, SW-Foto © Kurt Schwarz.
Werkhalle mit einem im Bau...
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Image: Kurt Schwarz - CC BY-NC-SA -
Abriß der Festüng ZENG und was gestalt von dar auß/ Die Uscochen die Schiff Auff dem venedischen Golffo Plundern
Radierung von 1617 mit der...
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Image: Kulturstiftung Sachsen-Anhalt - Public Domain Mark
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