If you got careless, the goods could crush or injure you, or you could die at sea if the sampan capsized. In addition to harbor transport, long-distance shipping was also a field in which Kinmen immigrants made their presence felt. Several famous shipping companies were founded by Kinmenese.
除了近海的駁運，遠洋貨輪亦是金門人的天下，像今日著名的太平船務、聯發船務、通順船務等，都由金門人創建。