How to say "shipping" in Japanese

• 出荷しゅっかCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers 'shipping' in the sense of dispatching goods from a company, warehouse, or factory; a typical context is a maker announcing that an ordered product will ship next week.
  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.
• 発送はっそうCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers 'shipping' as the act of sending something off; typical contexts include parcels and mail, such as a shop's notice that your order has shipped.
  いつ発送はっそうしてもらえるのか知しりたいのですが。↗

  I'd like to know when you can send it out.
• 運送うんそうJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers 'shipping' as the transport or carriage of goods rather than their dispatch; it points to the freight-moving business itself, not to the moment goods are sent out.
• 船舶せんぱくJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounHere 'shipping' means ships themselves, taken collectively; the word really denotes vessels and seacraft, so it is seldom the word you want for sending goods.
  懐中電灯かいちゅうでんとうは、船舶せんぱく同士どうしとか、街まちの通とおりを走はしっている自動車じどうしゃに向むけて合図あいずを伝つたえる。↗

  Flashing lights transmit messages between ships and to motorists along city streets.
• 海運かいうんJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounCovers 'shipping' as sea transport — the maritime shipping industry and its business; use it when 'shipping' refers to moving goods by sea as an industry.
  海運かいうん会社かいしゃに勤つとめています。↗

  I work for a shipping company.

Use 出荷 or 発送 for sending goods out, 運送 for freight transport, 海運 for the maritime shipping industry, and 船舶 only when 'shipping' means ships themselves.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 出荷しゅっかshipping
• 発送はっそうsending
• 運送うんそうtransport
• 船舶せんぱくvessel
• 海運かいうんmaritime transport
• 船腹せんぷくside or bottom of a ship
• シッピングshipping
• 回漕かいそうshipping
• 航送こうそうshipping (by sea or air)
• カプshipping
• 出庫しゅっこdelivery from a storehouse
• 稼働かどうdeployment (e.g. to a production environment)
• カップリングshipping
• ＣＰシー・ピーshipping