# Shipping

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  "id": "S85121579",
  "title": "Shipping",
  "url": "/topics/S85121579",
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  "provider": "lcsh",
  "revision": "a995b2daf6a36f98",
  "catalogue_revision": "f050b5d4780b1289",
  "numeric_address": "9547851404480233984",
  "address_version": "morton4x16-v1",
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  "answer_status": "Directory metadata; local answer requires separate source review",
  "truth_status": "Subject descriptor, not a factual answer or a demonstrated knowledge gap"
}

Works on shipping in the sense of the dispatch of goods by any means of transportation are entered under the heading [Shipment of goods] when relating to the activities of the shipper, or [Freight and freightage] when relating to those of the carrier.

Here are entered general works on the transportation of persons or goods by water, as well as on the vessels used in this activity. Works confined to inland or coastal water transportation, in general, are entered under the headings [Inland water transportation] or [Coastwise shipping.] Works on water transportation on individual lakes, rivers, etc. are entered under [Shipping] subdivided by the name of the lake, river, etc. Works on ocean-going merchant fleets are entered under the heading [Merchant marine.]

Directory metadata is not a factual answer or evidence of a global knowledge gap.

Source: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85121579

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