Editing Freight transport (section)

===Ship===
{{Main|Ship transport|Cargo ship}}

[[File:Jawaharlal Nehru Trust Port.jpg|thumb|Harbour cranes unload cargo from a container ship at the [[Jawaharlal Nehru Port]], [[Navi Mumbai]], [[India]].]]

Much freight transport is done by [[cargo ship]]s. An individual nation's fleet and the people that crew it are referred to as its [[merchant navy]] or merchant marine. According to a 2018 report from the [[United Nations Conference on Trade and Development|United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)]], merchant shipping (or seaborne trade) carries 80-90% of [[international trade]] and 60-70% by value.<ref>{{cite web |last1=United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) |title=50 Years of Review of Maritime Transport, 1968-2018: Reflecting on the past, exploring the future |url=https://unctad.org/system/files/official-document/dtl2018d1_en.pdf |access-date=15 March 2022 |ref=UNCTAD |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315095316/https://unctad.org/system/files/official-document/dtl2018d1_en.pdf |archive-date=15 March 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref>{{rp|4}} On rivers and [[canal]]s, [[barge]]s are often used to carry [[bulk cargo]].