Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Carried or transported by ship.

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Examples

  • Japan is one of the world's top destinations for ship-borne energy, as the country needs to import all the oil and coal that it uses, and most of the gas.

    Shippers Seek Japan Premiums Max Lin 2011

  • But the state-run Xinhua news agency quoted Cao Weidong, a researcher with the PLA Navy's Academic Research Institute, as saying that China's first carrier was a conventionally-powered medium-sized carrier equipped with indigenous Chinese engines, ship-borne aircraft, radar and other hardware.

    China Says Carrier Won't Alter Naval Strategy Jeremy Page 2011

  • Also, many Tamils fled the country during the fighting, including a ship-borne group that recently reached Canada.

    Peter Henne: Treading Water in Sri Lanka 2010

  • Due to the rapid increase in ship-borne trade, globalization favors large navies that protect trade and tanker routes.

    Hulls in the Water « Isegoria 2008

  • Also, many Tamils fled the country during the fighting, including a ship-borne group that recently reached Canada.

    Peter Henne: Treading Water in Sri Lanka Peter Henne 2010

  • Also, many Tamils fled the country during the fighting, including a ship-borne group that recently reached Canada.

    Peter Henne: Treading Water in Sri Lanka 2010

  • My guess was, “dollars”; in fact, the two leading ship-borne exports from the United States to China, by volume, are scrap paper and scrap metal, for recycling.

    China Makes, The World Takes 2007

  • Due to the rapid increase in ship-borne trade, globalization favors large navies that protect trade and tanker routes.

    America’s Elegant Decline 2007

  • Due to the rapid increase in ship-borne trade, globalization favors large navies that protect trade and tanker routes.

    America’s Elegant Decline 2007

  • So the appearance of the ship-borne trader increased the number of alternatives available and altered the order of the energy costs at which goods could be secured.

    Energy and Society~ Chapter 4~ Sail and Trade 2009

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