1
: borne over or on the sea
a seaborne invasion
2
: carried on by oversea shipping
seaborne trade
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More than 14 million barrels per day of oil and condensates passed through the narrow waterway on average in 2025, according to data from consulting firm Kpler, which says that amount accounts for a third of total worldwide seaborne oil exports.
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Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2026
That’s because Ukraine, despite not having a conventional navy, has been disrupting Russian shipping using a variety of drones, both airborne and seaborne.
—David Szondy
february 15, New Atlas, 15 Feb. 2026
More recently, during the Israel-Hamas war, the Houthis disrupted commercial shipping at the Bab al-Mandab Strait in the Red Sea, through which about 10% of the world’s seaborne trade passes.
—Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 29 Jan. 2026
The study reported that, over the past two decades, five hundred metric tons of seaborne garbage had been collected from the shorelines in and near fifteen coastal communities.
—Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
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Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2026
That’s because Ukraine, despite not having a conventional navy, has been disrupting Russian shipping using a variety of drones, both airborne and seaborne.
—David Szondy
february 15, New Atlas, 15 Feb. 2026
More recently, during the Israel-Hamas war, the Houthis disrupted commercial shipping at the Bab al-Mandab Strait in the Red Sea, through which about 10% of the world’s seaborne trade passes.
—Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 29 Jan. 2026
The study reported that, over the past two decades, five hundred metric tons of seaborne garbage had been collected from the shorelines in and near fifteen coastal communities.
—Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
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“Seaborne.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seaborne. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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