oceangoing

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According to CLIA, North America produced more than 22 million cruise passengers in 2025—a 7.5% increase over 2024—accounting for roughly 60% of the year’s expected 37.3 million global oceangoing passengers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

About 90% of all trade is handled on an oceangoing basis.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

“We do not know if the ship was oceangoing, meaning that it crossed over the North Sea to England,” Dr. Grønnesby said.

From New York Times • May 31, 2024

She later remarried the captain of an oceangoing ship and immigrated to the United States in 1961.

From Slate • Mar. 16, 2024

Hence when the latter faction gained the upper hand in a power struggle, it stopped sending fleets, eventually dismantled the shipyards, and forbade oceangoing shipping.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond