1
: borne over or on the sea
a seaborne invasion
2
: carried on by oversea shipping
seaborne trade
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India has also emerged as the top buyer of seaborne Russian oil despite Western sanctions imposed after Moscow launched its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
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Reuters, NBC news, 5 Dec. 2025
India’s expanding ballistic missile submarine fleet also carries strategic implications for the Strait of Malacca, the narrow maritime chokepoint through which more than 60 percent of China’s seaborne trade and nearly 80 percent of its oil imports transit.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 3 Dec. 2025
This will require denying the 80 percent of Russian seaborne oil exports that pass through the Strait of Denmark and threatening secondary sanctions against the ports where shadow fleet vessels unload.
—Jack Watling, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2025
As Western nations banned seaborne Russian crude after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin successfully pivoted east, finding an economic lifeline in China and India, who absorbed millions of barrels per day at a steep discount.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
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Reuters, NBC news, 5 Dec. 2025
India’s expanding ballistic missile submarine fleet also carries strategic implications for the Strait of Malacca, the narrow maritime chokepoint through which more than 60 percent of China’s seaborne trade and nearly 80 percent of its oil imports transit.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 3 Dec. 2025
This will require denying the 80 percent of Russian seaborne oil exports that pass through the Strait of Denmark and threatening secondary sanctions against the ports where shadow fleet vessels unload.
—Jack Watling, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2025
As Western nations banned seaborne Russian crude after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin successfully pivoted east, finding an economic lifeline in China and India, who absorbed millions of barrels per day at a steep discount.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
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“Seaborne.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seaborne. Accessed 5 Dec. 2025.
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