stranded

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More than 400 vessels remain “effectively stranded External link” in the region, vessel-tracking company MarineTraffic said Wednesday.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

More recently, Taiwanese authorities said they are investigating another Chinese vessel, which was sent to recover a stranded fishing boat, for possibly damaging a cable near one of its outlying islands last month.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

That’s even as a lasting deal still needs to be agreed, with an estimated 800- plus stranded vessels in the Persian Gulf.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

If crossings do resume, Meade expects that stranded tankers that are fully loaded with cargo will be the first through.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

In 1915, a British crew of twenty-eight men was stranded there, with no ship and no way to contact the outside world.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong