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Different modes of road transport, on a road in India
Different modes of road transport, on a road in India

Various modes of transport in Manchester, England

Transport (in British English) or transportation (in American English) is the intentional movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, land (rail and road), water, cable, pipelines, and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles, and operations. Transport enables human trade, which is essential for the development of civilizations.

Transport infrastructure consists of fixed installations, including roads, railways, airways, waterways, canals, and pipelines, as well as terminals such as airports, railway stations, bus stations, warehouses, trucking terminals, refueling depots (including fuel docks and fuel stations), and seaports. Terminals may be used both for the interchange of passengers and cargo and for maintenance.

Means of transport are any of the different kinds of transport facilities used to carry people or cargo. They may include vehicles, riding animals, and pack animals. Vehicles may include wagons, automobiles, bicycles, buses, trains, trucks, helicopters, watercraft, spacecraft, and aircraft. (Full article...)

Headquarters in Crystal City, Virginia

The Boeing Company (/ˈbɪŋ/ BO-ing) is an American multinational corporation that designs and manufactures airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, and missiles worldwide. The company also provides leasing and product support services. Boeing is among the largest global aerospace manufacturers; it is the fourth-largest defense contractor in the world based on 2022 revenue and is the largest exporter in the United States by dollar value. Boeing was founded in 1916 by William E. Boeing in Seattle, Washington. The present corporation is the result of the merger of Boeing with McDonnell Douglas on August 1, 1997.

As of 2023, the Boeing Company's corporate headquarters is located in the Crystal City neighborhood of Arlington County, Virginia. The company is organized into three primary divisions: Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA), Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS), and Boeing Global Services (BGS). In 2021, Boeing recorded $62.3 billion in sales. Boeing is ranked 54th on the Fortune 500 list (2020), and ranked 121st on the Fortune Global 500 list (2020). (Full article...)

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The following are images from various transport-related articles on Wikipedia.

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Transport news

1 August 2026 – Russo-Ukrainian war
Ukrainian forces sink a Rosatom-owned container ship in the Black Sea, forcing its 17-member crew to abandon it. Rosatom says it had been transporting civilian goods, including frozen food and construction materials. (BBC News)
28 July 2026 –
Taiwanese prosecutors detain an Nvidia employee in an investigation into alleged smuggling of advanced artificial intelligence chips to China through falsified transport documents. Authorities hold seven people over shipments of about 50 Supermicro servers that may violate U.S. export controls. (AFP via France 24)
22 July 2026 –
Seven people are killed after a truck collides with a medical transport van in Pernambuco, Brazil. (Xinhua)
13 July 2026 – Red Sea crisis
Danish shipping company Maersk announces that they will resume services through the Red Sea for its WAF6 service. (Reuters)
11 July 2026 –
At least 44 people are killed and more than one million are stranded as floods and landslides triggered by monsoon rains affect southeastern Bangladesh, disrupting power, roads, and communications across several districts. (Reuters)

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Aerial tramway across the Yangtze river in the Chongqing CBD, China

The following portal pages provide extensive galleries of pictures, maps and other media.

Transport topics

By country History Topics

Animal: Camel Cart Chariot Carriage Dog Donkey Elephant Pigeon Horse Horse-drawn boat Mule Llama Ox Pack animal Reindeer Sled Stagecoach Yak

Aviation: Aircraft (list) Airline (lists) Airport (list) Airship Air traffic control Helicopter Heliport History Military Safety Supersonic

Human: Aircraft Bicycle Ice skate Pedestrian Pulled rickshaw Cycle rickshaw Watercraft rowing Roller skates Skateboard Skis Walking Wheelbarrow Wheelchair

Public: Aerial tramway Class Elevator Escalator Fare Intermodal Moving walkway Passenger Private Share taxi

Rail: By country Cable car Car Freight train Funicular High-speed History Locomotive (list diesel electric steam) Light rail (list) Maglev Monorail Multiple unit Passenger train People mover Personal rapid transit Track Rapid transit (lists) Station Terminology Train (list) Tram

Road: All-terrain vehicle Automobile (lists) Bus Continuous track Engineering Freeway Highway History Junction Moped Motorcycle Off-road Parking Auto rickshaw Road (list) Road pricing Safety Sidewalk Snowmobile Tractor Trolleybus Truck Van

Shipping: Bulk Cargo Containerization Conveyor belt Intermodal Mail Logistics Transshipment

Space: Interplanetary Rocket Spaceport Spacecraft

Technology: Bridge Cable Conveyor Engine Engineering Pipeline transport Vehicle propulsion Tunnel Wheel

Theory: Behavior Congestion Economics Finance Forecasting Law Navigation Planning Psychology Queueing Spoke–hub Traffic engineering

Water: Amphibious Barge Boat (types) Bulk carrier Canal Coastal trading vessel Container ship Cruise ship Ferry (list) Harbor Hovercraft Hydrofoil Lighthouse Naval ship Port (list) Reefer ship Roll-on/roll-off River Sailing ship Sea mark Ship (lists) Submarine Tanker Tugboat Vessel

Timelines: 2020s in transportation technology 2026 in aviation 2026 in rail transport 2026 in spaceflight

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