Terminology record for merchant navy
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| Record No.: | 174/en/317 |
| Author: | ELAD D. F. |
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| Last updated: | 2022-11-19 00:00:00 |
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| DOMAINE |
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| VEDETTE | * Marine marchande statut : recommandé
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| PARTIE DU DISCOURS | nom féminin | ||||||
| ÉTYMOLOGIE | Marine marchande | ||||||
| DÉFINITION |
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| PLURIEL | Marines marchandes ; | ||||||
| SOURCE DE DÉFINITION | Fishterm | ||||||
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| TERM | * Merchant navy status: recommended
* merchant marine (noun) status: accepted | ||||||
| PART OF SPEECH | noun | ||||||
| PLURAL | Merchant navies ; | ||||||
| DEFINITION |
commercial ships of a nation, whether privately or publicly owned. | ||||||
| DEFINITION SOURCE | Fishterm | ||||||
| Notes |
The term merchant marine also denotes the personnel that operate such ships, as distinct from the personnel of naval vessels. Merchant ships are used to transport people, raw materials, and manufactured goods. (https://www.britannica.com/topic/merchant-marine);
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. Legal instruments related to: Merchant navy |
Continent: Africa
Country: Cameroon 🇨🇲1. Ordinance No. 62-0F-30 of March 31, 1962 on the Code of Merchant Marine Fishing in Cameroon: 🇨🇲
The merchant navy services in Douala centralise all registration, fitting-out and listing operations.
