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Shipping industry - overview

By a broad definition, the shipping industry covers shipping, shipbuilding and ports:

On a global level, the shipping market is widely segmented into:

Dry bulk market
Wet bulk market also called tankers market
Containers Market
Passenger Shipping
General Cargo

Water transportation

For a short description: "Water Transportation." Encyclopedia of Global Industries. 5th ed. Detroit: Gale, 2011. 1173-1183. Gale Virtual Reference Library. (accessed Web. 16 June 2014).

Industrial classification:
NAICS-codes: 483
NACE-codes: 50 (5010, 5020, 5030, 5229)

Shipbuilding

For a short description: "Shipbuilding and Repair." Encyclopedia of Global Industries. 5th ed. Detroit: Gale, 2011. 1113-1119. Gale Virtual Reference Library. (accessed Web. 16 June 2014).

Industrial classification:
NAICS-codes: 336611
NACE-codes 301100

Ports

International Association of Ports and Harbours

Ports.com: a tool to find ports

Industrial classification:
NAICS-codes 488310
NACE-codes 5222

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