| “ | Shipments come faster. | ” |
| —In-game description | ||
Merchant Marine is a Consulate technology in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties that can be researched by the Japanese if they choose the Spanish as their ally once the Commerce Age is reached. Once researched, it makes Home City shipments arrive twice as fast.
Strategy[]
Merchant Marine synergizes well with the Good Faith Agreements Home City Card which allows Consulate technologies to be researched twice as fast with a 40% discount.
Changelog[]
The Asian Dynasties[]
- Merchant Marine costs 200 export.
Definitive Edition[]
- Merchant Marine costs 125 export.
| Consulate shipments and technologies | |
|---|---|
 British |  2 Surgeons ·  4 Spies ·  5 Petards ·  British Brigade |
 Dutch |  Church Wagon ·  Bank Wagon ·  Arsenal Wagon ·  Livestock Pen Wagon ·  Dutch Brigade |
 French |  Food Crates ·  Wood Crates ·  Coin Crates ·  French Brigade |
 Germans |  Food Trickle ·  Wood Trickle ·  Coin Trickle ·  German Brigade |
 Isolation |  Military Rickshaw ·  Bushido Principles ·  Clan Offerings ·  Meiji Restoration |
 Ottomans |  6 Azaps ·  4 Villagers ·  2 Great Bombards ·  Ottoman Brigade |
 Portuguese |  Fishing Fleet ·  Exploration Fleet ·  Expeditionary Fleet ·  Portuguese Brigade |
 Russians |  Blockhouse Wagon ·  Fort Wagon ·  Factory Wagon ·  Russian Brigade |
 Spanish |  Merchant Marine ·  Nanban Trade ·  Bullionism ·  Spanish Brigade |