seagoing
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Larger than 22,000 football fields, it handles transit each year of around 267 million tonnes of goods and is used by around 20,000 seagoing vessels and 50,000 inland vessels, according to its website.
From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026
Shipping traffic remains throttled in the Strait of Hormuz, a trade route off Iran’s coast that fully a third of the world’s seagoing oil exports traverse in a normal year.
From Slate ● Mar. 11, 2026
The Panama Canal opened in 1914, giving U.S. shipping a big flex in seagoing nimbleness at a moment when Europe was going to war.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2025
Before it was found, there were no known wrecks of seagoing ships dating from the 11th to 14th Centuries in English waters.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2024
Still, the task of making a seagoing clock or watch was far from solved: such a timepiece had to remain accurate despite changes in temperature and humidity, and despite the movement of the waves.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
