1
: borne over or on the sea
a seaborne invasion
2
: carried on by oversea shipping
seaborne trade
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Moscow responded to a $60 price cap on seaborne oil by building up a shadow fleet of vessels whose ties to Russia are hidden, allowing sales of the country's key export to its main purchasers, India and China, to continue apace.
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Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
Naval analysts joke that in a war with China, the U.S. military should first strike the port of Long Beach, in California, since disrupting China’s seaborne commerce to the United States would inflict more damage on Beijing than attacking the Chinese mainland.
—Kori Schake, Foreign Affairs, 22 Feb. 2022
However, Russia has set up a shadow fleet of vessels to circumvent a $60 price cap on seaborne oil and the export continues to swell the Kremlin's coffers.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
China accounted for nearly one-third of U.S. seaborne import volume in March and helped drive near-record U.S. ocean imports so far this year.
—Lisa Baertlein, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
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Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
Naval analysts joke that in a war with China, the U.S. military should first strike the port of Long Beach, in California, since disrupting China’s seaborne commerce to the United States would inflict more damage on Beijing than attacking the Chinese mainland.
—Kori Schake, Foreign Affairs, 22 Feb. 2022
However, Russia has set up a shadow fleet of vessels to circumvent a $60 price cap on seaborne oil and the export continues to swell the Kremlin's coffers.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
China accounted for nearly one-third of U.S. seaborne import volume in March and helped drive near-record U.S. ocean imports so far this year.
—Lisa Baertlein, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
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“Seaborne.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seaborne. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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