Und verbal auflösen?

With XYZ it is possible to travel through contaminated environments... oder so was.

alt. noch: passage, to pass through

wor, aber passage ist doch wie voyage, da denke ich an Schiffsladungen voller englischer Zweitgeborener und unverheirateter Frauen nach Kalkutta...

kat: ist "travel" für Schiffe nicht auch eher Personenverkehr? Oder sagt man das auch für Fahrten von Schiffen der Wasserschutzpolizei, oder von Containerschiffen?

In this context I would understand it to mean the act of moving through space, not more.
But I rather like wor's idea with "pass through" as well.

@spinatwachtel
Ich dachte dabei eher an die North-Western-Passage. Wenn Du allerdings einfach moderner als siling sein willst kannst Du to steam nehmen (gut Dampfkessel sind per se auch nicht mehr der neueste Schrei, aber verwenden kann man es immernoch)

Was Deine Assoziationen angeht!?! Das muss mit irgendetwas zu tun haben, was ich nicht lese. Geht es um Jane Austin oder so was???

Hmmm, I see no problem here in using "sail" à la

"The XJ8 can even be sailed in contaminated atmospheres"
"The XJ8 even permits sailing in/through contaminated atmospheres"

Phillipp, that's what I wanted to know - whether "to sail" is the word used for ships moving forward, regardless of whether they actually have sails or engines or Schaufelräder or whatever.
So you think it's ok?
"Pirates prey on container ships sailing off the Horn of Africa" ?
(different example now, but just to make it absolutely clear that I look for the verb that refers purely to a ship's motion, not the fact that it transports passengers)

So you think it's ok?

Yes.

Here's entry #1 "to sail" from the OED:

1. a. Of persons: To travel on water in a vessel propelled by the action of the wind upon sails; now often in extended sense, to travel on water in a vessel propelled by any means other than oars; to navigate a vessel in a specified direction.

One talks of tankers and ocean liners sailing, also motorboats. Motorboat buffs may use another word, but if they do I'm afraid I don't know what it is.

great, thank you.