merchant fleet

English

Noun

merchant fleet (plural merchant fleets)

A fleet of merchant ships, calculated either on a country-by-country basis, or on a global basis.
Synonyms: merchant marine, merchant navy

the global merchant fleet

the Norwegian merchant fleet

Usage notes

The fact that merchant marine and merchant navy so often refer specifically to the fleet of a particular nationality influences the choice of this term for the global merchant fleet.

Translations

fleet of merchant ships

Danish: handelsflåde c
French: flotte marchande f
Georgian: სავაჭრო ფლოტი (savač̣ro ploṭi)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: handelsflåte (no) m

Nynorsk: handelsflåte m
Ukrainian: торговельний флот m (torhovelʹnyj flot)

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