merchant fleet

English

Noun

merchant fleet (plural merchant fleets)

1. 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)