Which units will be amphibious? What type of ships will be available?

[Loppan Torkel]

Say you're exploring with your scout at the start of the game - will he be able to travel across a narrow patch of water by "building a raft", or will the ability to transform to transport ships come with some tech later on?

What kind of ships should be available now that transport ships are gone?
The early scout ships? Merchant ships? Or only ships for war?

I hope the maps are larger than before and that the exploring takes up a bigger part, and I think there should be a decision to explore either land or sea. I hope there's room for scout ships in civ5.

 

[Ahriman]

We don't know.

But it sounds like they're now saying that military units are transported on military ships, not that they can form they're own transports.

 

[Loppan Torkel]

No.. no info of this yet, but it's still possible to speculate and have some preferences about it.

I hadn't heard that troops would be transported in military ships though.. is it a compromise and something to get protection against bombers?
Where did you read this? In the "confirmed features", it seems they'll transform.

 

[The_J]

I guess, you need a special technology to transform your troops into ships, so that this easy early expansion can't happen.

We don't know.

But it sounds like they're now saying that military units are transported on military ships, not that they can form they're own transports.

Could be both .
A big armada would make a naval invasion easier than just your transport ships.

I hadn't heard that troops would be transported in military ships though.. is it a compromise and something to get protection against bombers?
Where did you read this? In the "confirmed features", it seems they'll transform.

It was said in an interview on a netherlandish game magazine, here.

Alle schepen kunnen in Civilization V eenheden vervoeren.

This translates in german to

Alle Schiffe können in Civ V Einheiten transportieren.

which translates in english to

All ships in Civ5 can transport troops.