A ship channel can be an artificial or dredged navigable channel for ships; see Fairway (navigation). A ship channel can also be a channel formed through surface ice by a ship.

Several waterways are referred to as the Ship Channel Calcasieu Ship Channel Corpus Christi Ship Channel Houston Ship Channel Matagorda Ship Channel Sacramento Deep Water Ship Channel

See also Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project Stockton Deepwater Shipping Channel