transporting

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U.S. authorities said they were repatriating passengers from the cruise ship struck by a rare hantavirus outbreak, transporting them in biocontainment units after one American tested positive and another showed symptoms.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

"These tankers were actively used for transporting oil. Now they will not be," he wrote on Telegram.

From BBC • May 3, 2026

The research highlights how everyday human activities, including purchasing, cultivating, and transporting mushrooms, can unintentionally introduce invasive species into new environments.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026

"Overnight, U.S. forces carried out a maritime interdiction and right-of-visit boarding of the sanctioned stateless vessel M/T Majestic X transporting oil from Iran, in the Indian Ocean," it said on X.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

Two months later, it met an inglorious end when, during the Battle of Fort Lee, the American ship that was transporting it was sunk by the British.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler