voyage
Example Sentences
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Some investors and shipping representatives warn that even tankers with federally backed insurance policies would avoid the voyage until fighting dies down or the U.S. military has enough assets in the region to deter strikes.
"Some tankers are still travelling east and west through the strait, with a number of voyages occurring under AIS blackouts," noted Matt Wright, an analyst at Kpler, which publishes MarineTraffic, on Wednesday.
From Barron's
On average, about eight vessels have been tracked making the voyage daily since the war in Iran escalated, the analysis showed.
From MarketWatch
Armed guards patrolled the decks of Prokopiou’s ships while they sailed through the Strait with their transponders off to avoid attracting fire from Iran, according to ship-tracking data and people familiar with the voyages.
Outbound shipments have also been hurt by an effective halt on voyages through the Strait of Hormuz, they add.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.