seaborne

adjective sea·borne \ ˈsē-ˌbȯrn \

Updated on: 12 Apr 2018

Definition of seaborne

1 : borne over or on the sea

a seaborne invasion

2 : carried on by oversea shipping

seaborne trade

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The disruption even has spread to railroads, especially in drayage, the service of hauling seaborne shipping containers from ports to rail yards.

— Fortune, "A Trucker Shortage Is Already Making Stuff More Expensive. A New Rule Is About to Make It Worse," 2 Apr. 2018
In any future amphibious operation, Ospreys will carry up to 24 combat-ready Marines deep inland to secure vital objectives, complementing a seaborne invasion and presenting the enemy with a three dimensional threat to defend against.

— kyle mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "The Marines Want The Swiss Army Knife of Drones," 19 Mar. 2018
Italy has rescued hundreds of thousands of seaborne migrants since 2013.

— giovanni legorano, WSJ, "Italy Seizes Spanish Aid Vessel in Dispute Over Migrants," 19 Mar. 2018
Nearly 750,000 seaborne migrants have landed on its shores since 2011, hundreds of thousands of whom have swelled Italy’s population of undocumented migrants.

— eric sylvers, WSJ, "Antimigrant Sentiment Fuels Rise of Italy’s League," 7 Mar. 2018
As an expeditionary sea base, Woody Williams is designed to support amphibious operations from the sea, including seaborne invasions.

— kyle mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "Who You Calling Ugly? The Navy's New Ship Is a Floating Swiss Army Knife," 18 Jan. 2018
What’s more, its thermal coal division has enjoyed seaborne prices -- thanks in part to rising Asian imports -- much higher than in recent years.

— tim loh, Bloomberg.com, "America's Biggest Coal Miner Is Earning More in Australia," 26 Oct. 2017
Brontë’s friendship with Mary Taylor began at school and, after Taylor emigrated to New Zealand, continued by unreliable seaborne post.

— meg waite clayton, San Francisco Chronicle, "‘A Secret Sisterhood,’ by Emily Midorikawa and Emma Claire Sweeney," 28 Dec. 2017
Yet Brent crude, the benchmark for pricing much of the world’s seaborne crude, is itself partly priced on the flow of crude from 80 fields that feed the Forties pipeline, magnifying the impact.

— The Economist, "The Baumgarten effectOil and gas supply disruptions ripple around the world," 14 Dec. 2017

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: carried in a ship sailing across the sea
: involving or using ships that sail across the sea

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