1
: borne over or on the sea
a seaborne invasion
2
: carried on by oversea shipping
seaborne trade
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The waterway is an essential passage for the energy market, handling about a quarter of the world’s seaborne oil trade in peacetime.
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Jake Lloyd-Smith, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2026
Washington even temporarily lifted sanctions on around 140 million barrels of seaborne Iranian oil to alleviate the global supply crunch.
—Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2026
Fuel prices around the globe have soared since the Middle East conflict effectively shut the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway through which roughly a quarter of the world’s seaborne oil passes.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2026
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz — cutting off roughly one-fifth of the world’s seaborne oil — has exposed the fragility of maritime choke points and dramatically boosted the strategic value of overland energy routes across Eurasia.
—Ken Moriyasu, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2026
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Jake Lloyd-Smith, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2026
Washington even temporarily lifted sanctions on around 140 million barrels of seaborne Iranian oil to alleviate the global supply crunch.
—Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2026
Fuel prices around the globe have soared since the Middle East conflict effectively shut the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway through which roughly a quarter of the world’s seaborne oil passes.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2026
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz — cutting off roughly one-fifth of the world’s seaborne oil — has exposed the fragility of maritime choke points and dramatically boosted the strategic value of overland energy routes across Eurasia.
—Ken Moriyasu, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2026
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“Seaborne.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seaborne. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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