Sail age
Wind timetable
Routes follow wind and charts; duration is weather. No warship scoreboard.
Infrastructure Port, rope, chart.
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Ferry
Scheduled water links for people and vehicles across straits and islands.
Overall 59 🛳️Container ship
Cellular freighters that carry the TEU boxes of globalized trade.
Overall 57 ⛵Sailboat
Wind-driven hulls from dinghies to ocean racers — sport, cruise and heritage.
Overall 53 🛳️Aircraft carrier
Floating airfields that project naval air power across oceans.
Overall 50 🚢Bulk carrier
Single-hold freighters for dry bulk — ore, coal, grain and cement — distinct from tankers and boxships.
Overall 49 🚢Cruise ship
Floating resorts built for itineraries, not point-to-point migration.
Overall 47 🛟Submarine
Vessels designed to operate submerged — naval power and research platforms.
Overall 46 🛢️Oil tanker
Tank ships that move crude and products — the liquid spine of global energy trade.
Overall 45 🚤Tugboat
Compact high-thrust harbour craft that push, pull and pivot ships many times their size.
Overall 45 🧊Icebreaker
Ships built to crush and ride over ice — keeping polar and winter ports open.
Overall 43