As an important transportation, the ship has a history of thousands of years in the world. Since human beings are born, we have been curious about unknown places.

In order to discover the new continent on the other side of the ocean, navigators have continued to emerge, and ships have become indispensable transportation for human beings.

From the original raft and canoe to today's giant cruise ship, the ship has gone through thousands of years of historical evolution. At the same time, the evolution of ships also reflects the infinite wisdom and creativity of human beings.

With the needs of human survival and development and technological progress, these initial floating vehicles have evolved into the modern ships that people are familiar with today through the development of rafts, canoes, plank boats, wooden sailboats and machine-propelled boats.

As early as thousands of years ago, people found it very difficult to cross the river. If the river is shallow and the current is slow, one can wade across it. But once there is a strong current, there is no way to cross the river.

Later, some people found that they could float across the river by holding branches or thick tree trunks. So people began to make rafts by tying branches together consciously. Or cut down a strong tree trunk and make a canoe out of it to cross the river. This is the prototype of the boat.

The use of rafts as a means of transportation, hunting, and fishing has been around since at least the Stone Age. China was one of the first countries in the world to make canoes. An ancient wooden oar unearthed in China in 1956 was identified as a relic of the Neolithic Age 4,000 years ago. This suggests that rafts date back to prehistoric times.

Later, people began to load many paddles on the ship to provide motivation for the ships to facilitate control of the ships and make sailing safer.

A long time ago, in order to raise the speed of the ship and reduce the labor intensity of people, people noticed the use of natural wind power to promote the method of ships and raft navigation.

People put the mast for the boat, and a large area of canvas hanging on the mast enabled it to make the best use of the wind energy at sea, which promoted the emergence of the sailboat.

After the industrial revolution, the level of human productivity was greatly improved. For the first time, the industrial revolution invented steam engines, and then various transportation tools appeared.

The second industrial revolution invented power, and the invention of electricity made transportation a new breakthrough. Nowadays, various transportation tools meet the daily needs of people, and also provide convenience for economic and cultural exchanges.

Modern ships are the most common is steel and internal combustion engine power boats. These ships are applied to daily life, and most of them are used in fishing and playing.

In addition, the purpose of the emergence of ships is not only to explore and conquer the sea but also to transport resources. In modern society, maritime transportation is an important way of transportation, accounting for about 30 % of the world's transportation. The foundation of sea transportation is ship transportation.

The development and progress of ships have made great changes in sea transportation. Sea transportation has also changed due to the development of ships and revolutionary changes.