mariners

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The Jones Act was designed to preserve a domestic maritime industrial base and a pool of American mariners available during war or national emergencies.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Caine said there are currently "22,500 mariners embarked on more than 1,550 commercial vessels trapped in the Arabian Gulf, unable to transit."

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

Rhys was born in Cardiff but his mum's family are from Fishguard, while he said he also came from "a long line of mariners".

From BBC • May 1, 2026

Zheng He, a 15th-century Chinese seafarer, visited the strait, and Marco Polo wrote about risk-taking mariners there.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

What if there was an electrical failure on board the spacecraft and the astronauts needed to navigate back home by the stars, like the mariners of a simpler age?

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly