merchant fleet
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Its vast merchant fleet and logistics industry play dual roles supporting the People’s Liberation Army’s ability to mobilize and carry domestic factory production to shoppers worldwide.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
That is more than half of the global merchant fleet - and it is due next Friday.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2025
Britain’s preemptive response destroyed most of Denmark’s merchant fleet, one of the largest in the world.
From Washington Post • Feb. 3, 2023
“Deploying container-launched missiles on its merchant fleet would significantly enhance China’s warfighting capabilities,” according to retired Navy Capt. Raul Pedrozo, writing n the current issue of journal International Law Studies.
From Washington Times • Jan. 4, 2022
The government releases no official statistics on its merchant fleet, but fragmentary information indicates that before 1967 it consisted of about thirty-five ships.
From Area Handbook for Romania by Bernier, Donald W.
