shipping articles
  船員僱用合同
  Ship·ping, n.
  1. The act of one who, or of that which, ships; as, the shipping of flour to Liverpool.
  2. The collective body of ships in one place, or belonging to one port, country, etc.; vessels, generally; tonnage.
  3. Navigation. “God send 'em good shipping.”
  Shipping articles, articles of agreement between the captain of a vessel and the seamen on board, in respect to the amount of wages, length of time for which they are shipping, etc. --Bouvier.
  To take shipping, to embark; to take ship. [Obs.] --John vi. 24. --Shak.
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  shipping articles
       n : a contract between crew and captain of a ship [syn: articles
           of agreement]