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French officials said the ship, built in 2004, belonged to Russia’s shadow fleet and was transporting oil products—primarily to China and India.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

A vessel seized in Finland suspected of damaging a telecommunications cable between Helsinki and Tallinn was transporting Russian steel targeted by European Union sanctions, Finnish Customs said on Thursday.

From Barron's • Jan. 1, 2026

At least five people were taken to the hospital Sunday night after a car collided with an ambulance that was transporting an elderly patient in the San Fernando Valley.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2025

A US official told CBS News, the BBC's US partner, that the Stena Immaculate tanker was transporting cargo on behalf of the American military.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2025

Two months later, it met an inglorious end when, during the Battle of Fort Lee, the American ship that was transporting it was sunk by the British.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler