merchant fleet
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Its vast merchant fleet and logistics industry play dual roles supporting the People’s Liberation Army’s ability to mobilize and carry domestic factory production to shoppers worldwide.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
Guy Platten is the secretary general of the International Chamber of Shipping, which is made up of national ship-owning associations, collectively representing 80% of the world's merchant fleet.
From BBC • May 14, 2024
During a conflict, China’s merchant fleet likely would be mustered for military purposes, the report said.
From Washington Times • Aug. 2, 2023
He found less success while fighting to overhaul government support for the U.S. merchant fleet, which received about $400 million a year in federal subsidies.
From Washington Post • Oct. 19, 2020
Ships, merchant, fleet of, arrival of, from England, 1.
From Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams by Adams, Abigail
