cargo
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Captains, owners and managers of the more than 700 vessels stuck near Iran, carrying tens of billions of dollars in cargo, were messaging one another to try to make sense of Tehran’s shifting rules.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
That cargo is equal to just over 51,000 barrels of oil.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026
The others were general and bulk cargo vessels.
From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026
While volumes vary, the container segment makes up less than 20% of Strait use, and we plan to keep fees low compared with the value of cargo shipped.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
There were only a few sailors guarding the cargo, and they quickly decided that tangoing with a pack of angry colonists with hatchets was a bad idea and got out of the way.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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