Technically, the ship is in "Transport" mode, there's just nothing for it to transport at the moment, or it might be loading wares... it would mean extra code to change this that is not trivial, so I don't think it's worth the potential bugs a change can introduce.
The best solution IMO is to try to find a better translation.
There is a longish discussion on Transifex on how to label this, so it is a bit tricky.
https:/ /www.transifex. com/widelands/ widelands/ translate/ #de/widelands/ 80385612? q=shipping
Technically, the ship is in "Transport" mode, there's just nothing for it to transport at the moment, or it might be loading wares... it would mean extra code to change this that is not trivial, so I don't think it's worth the potential bugs a change can introduce.
The best solution IMO is to try to find a better translation.