oceangoing

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

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

Beijing’s next-generation submarines will be designed as oceangoing vessels that can maintain a “persistent presence” beyond China’s peripheral waters, Brookes said in his statement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

The Tradepoint Atlantic terminal, which is used by Volkswagen, is at the mouth of the harbor, east of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, and still accessible to oceangoing vessels.

From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2024

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

From Slate • Mar. 16, 2024

The report discussed three possible military applications for fissionable uranium: dropping radioactive materials over enemy territory; generating power for submarines and other oceangoing vessels; and development of a bomb based on U-235.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik