8/17/2019 Ship Brief Ver1

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A ship is a large buoyant  watercraft. Ships are generally

distinguished from boats based on size, shape and  cargo or

passenger capacity. Ships are used on lakes,  seas, rivers, and

oceans for a variety of activities, such as the transport of people orgoods,  fishing, entertainment,  public safety, and  warfare. 

Historically, a "ship" was a sailing vessel with at least three square-

rigged masts and a full bowsprit. 

In armed conflict and in daily life, ships have become an integral

part of modern commercial and military systems. Fishing boats are

used by millions of fishermen throughout the world. Military forces

operate vessels for naval warfare and to transport and support

forces ashore. Commercial vessels, nearly 35,000 in number, carried

7.4 billion tons of cargo in 2007.[1] As of 2011, there are about

104,304 ships with IMO numbers in the world.[2] 

Ships were always a key in history's great explorations and

scientific and technological development. Navigators such as Zheng

He spread such inventions as the compass and gunpowder.  Ships

have been used for such purposes as colonization  and the slave

trade, and have served scientific, cultural, and humanitarian needs.

After the 16th century, new crops that had come from and to the

Americas via the European seafarers significantly contributed to the

world population growth.[3] Ship transport  has shaped the world's

economy into today's energy-intensive pattern.

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