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Hundreds of merchant ships remain bottled up in the Persian Gulf.
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Josh Boak, Fortune, 6 May 2026
The alert was issued shortly after the United States military announced that two merchant ships had transited the Strait of Hormuz.
—ABC News, 4 May 2026
But how those military assets figure into getting merchant ships moving through the strait again is not defined.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 4 May 2026
Four of the ships were tankers carrying crude oil or chemicals, with the majority of the rest bulk carriers, a kind of merchant ship carrying dry cargo.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 10 Apr. 2026
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Josh Boak, Fortune, 6 May 2026
The alert was issued shortly after the United States military announced that two merchant ships had transited the Strait of Hormuz.
—ABC News, 4 May 2026
But how those military assets figure into getting merchant ships moving through the strait again is not defined.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 4 May 2026
Four of the ships were tankers carrying crude oil or chemicals, with the majority of the rest bulk carriers, a kind of merchant ship carrying dry cargo.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 10 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for merchant ship
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“Merchant ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/merchant%20ship. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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