mercantile marine
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Ernest, who had always loved sea ways, and had come to know them through years in the mercantile marine service, had just returned from Antarctica with Scott Antarctic Expedition of 1901.
From Time Magazine Archive
Under its house flag in normal times sails a chartered merchant fleet as large as the whole mercantile marine of France.
From Time Magazine Archive
Until the advent of the Bremen and Europa seven years later she was Germany's largest ship, crack vessel of its mercantile marine; then the Columbus fell into third place.
From Time Magazine Archive
In gross tonnage of mercantile marine, Norway stood No. 2 in all Europe, Denmark No. 9.
From Time Magazine Archive
Henceforth the Byzantine war-navy was insignificant, and without a war-navy the Paleologi could not drive away the intruders and restore the free navigation of the Levant to their own mercantile marine.
From The Byzantine Empire by Oman, Charles William Chadwick
