Sentence examples for guard shipping from inspiring English sources

Japan has used its maritime forces in coordination with the United States to guard shipping and refuel American Navy vessels during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

The site was chosen so as to best guard shipping sailing to both the Port River and the Outer Harbour; and a second northern fort was to protect the entrance to Port River itself.

In Argentine a guard ship on duty opened fire on the Beagle.

Japan has responded by sending dozens of coast guard ships to patrol the islands, which lie between Okinawa and China.

Japan has responded by stepping up its own surveillance, including keeping a small flotilla of coast guard ships near the islands, which are between Okinawa and Taiwan.

A Chinese naval expert, Li Jie, said the Chinese coast guard ships would most likely be outfitted with "light weaponry," like "high-pressure water cannons and guns".

The islands are wrapped, cabbage-like, in successive layers of protection formed by fishing boats, Chinese coast guard ships and finally naval vessels.

They plunged into the icy waters after guards sprayed water from fire hoses and fired warning shots, and they were plucked from the sea by a Russian coast guard ship and held as "guests".

FitzRoy ran out his guns, sailed close to the guard ship; hailed her & said that if she dared to fire another shot he would send his whole broadside into her rotten hull.

Japanese prosecutors can hold Mr. Zhan for up to 20 days while deciding whether to take legal action over a collision between his boat and two Japanese coast guard ships.

TOKYO — Chinese-Japanese tensions over the arrest of a Chinese trawler captain re-escalated on Monday when Japan said it would ask China to pay for repairs to two coast guard ships damaged by the trawler.