oceangoing

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According to CLIA, North America produced more than 22 million cruise passengers in 2025—a 7.5% increase over 2024—accounting for roughly 60% of the year’s expected 37.3 million global oceangoing passengers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

About 90% of all trade is handled on an oceangoing basis.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

The Tradepoint Atlantic terminal, which is used by Volkswagen, is at the mouth of the harbor, east of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, and still accessible to oceangoing vessels.

From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2024

She later remarried the captain of an oceangoing ship and immigrated to the United States in 1961.

From Slate • Mar. 16, 2024

To compete for colonies, Germany’s leaders decided that they also needed a modern oceangoing navy that could challenge Britain’s centuries-old command of the seas.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman