freighter

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Qatar's defence ministry also said a freighter arriving in its waters from Abu Dhabi was hit by a drone.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

“They fooled us,” says Victor, retired after a life as a freighter crewman.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

He said these included a French ship and a freighter from the UK.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

A runaway freighter full of gypsum rammed a steel bridge, but the cause was crew inattention, not mechanical like Baltimore.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 26, 2024

Very early on the morning of October 24, just hours before the blockade went into effect, the freighter Aleksandrovsk pulled into the port of Isabela de Sagua, Cuba.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin