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The Shipping News is a novel by American author E.

Annie Proulx, published by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1993.

It won both the Pulitzer Prize and the U.S. National Book Award, as well as other awards.

It was adapted as a film of the same name, released in 2001.

A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who navigates waterborne vessels or assists as a crewmember in their operation and maintenance.

The term may be used for British or US Navy enlisted sailors, the latter especially when deployed ashore as infantry.

The Bluejacket's Manual is the basic handbook for United States Navy personnel.

700,000 of the world's mariners come from the Philippines, being the world's largest origin of seafarers.

Ship transport is watercraft carrying people (passengers) or goods (cargo).

Freight transport has been achieved widely by sea throughout recorded history.

Although the importance of sea travel for passengers has decreased due to aviation, it is effective for short trips and pleasure cruises.

Transport by water is cheaper than transport by air, despite fluctuating exchange rates and CAF charges to account for such.

Technology ("science of craft", from Greek, techne, "art, skill, cunning of hand"; and) is the collection of techniques, skills, s and processes used in the production of goods or services or in the accomplishment of objectives, such as scientific investigation.

Technology can be the knowledge of techniques, processes, and the like, or it can be embedded in machines which can be operated without detailed knowledge of their workings.