# shipping (transport)

the change of products from one place to another by carrying

- Computed level: L6 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: transport  ·  Arena: shipping

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [products](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-products.goods), [carrying](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-carrying.transporting), [space](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-space.extent), [change](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-change.process), [motion](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-motion.movement)

**Through:** products move to another place by carrying

**Novel properties:**
- displacement under control
- continuous path of transfer
- intentional relocation

## Examples
- Maersk Line transported 12 million containers globally in 2023 across 710 vessels. *(economics)*
- The 2021 Suez Canal blockage halted $9.6 billion in shipping per day. *(institutions)*
- Amazon operates 200 delivery stations worldwide to ship packages within one day. *(computing)*

## Used by
- [delivery](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-delivery.service) (L13)

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