How to say "shipment" in Japanese

• 出荷しゅっかCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe broadest of the three: the shipment or dispatch of goods, sending them out from a maker or seller. When 'shipment' means the act of shipping goods out, this is the word to reach for.
  品物しなものは昨日きのう出荷しゅっかされました。↗

  The goods were sent out yesterday.
• 積み出しつみだしCommon
  nounShipment in the sense of loading cargo and sending it on its way — forwarding. Narrower than 出荷, it focuses on the dispatch of loaded goods rather than shipping as a whole.
• 船積みふなづみCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbLading: the loading of cargo onto a ship. Choose it only when the shipment involves putting goods aboard a vessel — sea shipments — not for shipping in general.
  近代的きんだいてきな港湾こうわん施設しせつがないために、多おおくの船積ふなづみ業ぎょう者しゃが不便ふべんを被かぶった。↗

  The lack of modern post facilities caused trouble for many shippers.

Use 出荷 for the general act of shipping goods out; choose 「積み出し」 for loading cargo for dispatch, and 「船積み」 when the shipment involves loading goods aboard a ship.

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• 出荷しゅっかshipping
• 積み出しつみだしshipment
• 船積みふなづみlading
• 積み送りつみおくりshipment
• 移出いしゅつshipping out (to another part of the country)
• 貨物輸送かもつゆそうfreight traffic (transportation)
• 載貨さいかtaking on cargo