vessels

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Vessels coming to load up are unlikely to enter via the strait any sooner than a “just in time” logistics basis, “at risk of becoming trapped if hostilities resume.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Vessels containing crude oil and refined products are backed up behind the Strait of Hormuz, which normally carries roughly a fifth of global oil consumption.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

Vessels flying Chinese, Iranian and Russian flags have been seen sailing into South Africa's main naval base in Simon's Town on the Cape Peninsula in recent days.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026

There, the pallets will be transferred onto trucks that in turn will be loaded onto two types of smaller Army boats — Logistic Support Vessels, or LSVs, and Landing Craft Utility boats, LCUs.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2024

The other Vessels were all napping, the doors to their cubicle-like rooms closed.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry