1
: borne over or on the sea
a seaborne invasion
2
: carried on by oversea shipping
seaborne trade
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Russia also sells refined oil products abroad—the country was responsible for around ten percent of the world’s seaborne exports in 2023—but most Western countries have already stopped importing refined Russian fuel.
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Michael Liebreich, Foreign Affairs, 8 May 2024
Last year, about 23 million metric tons of coal exports were shipped from the port of Baltimore, about a quarter of all seaborne U.S. coal shipments.
—Jenny Gross, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
Aid delivery to the north could be expanded by reopening the Karni and Eres border crossings in the northeast and by facilitating seaborne transport from Cyprus, as the UN did during Israel’s 2006 war in Lebanon.
—Hardin Lang, Foreign Affairs, 1 Mar. 2024
Some 12% of total seaborne oil and 8% of LNG exports annually are shipped through the Suez, including many supplies bound for Europe.
—Joseph Lawler, Washington Examiner, 15 Jan. 2024
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Michael Liebreich, Foreign Affairs, 8 May 2024
Last year, about 23 million metric tons of coal exports were shipped from the port of Baltimore, about a quarter of all seaborne U.S. coal shipments.
—Jenny Gross, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
Aid delivery to the north could be expanded by reopening the Karni and Eres border crossings in the northeast and by facilitating seaborne transport from Cyprus, as the UN did during Israel’s 2006 war in Lebanon.
—Hardin Lang, Foreign Affairs, 1 Mar. 2024
Some 12% of total seaborne oil and 8% of LNG exports annually are shipped through the Suez, including many supplies bound for Europe.
—Joseph Lawler, Washington Examiner, 15 Jan. 2024
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“Seaborne.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seaborne. Accessed 19 Jun. 2024.
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