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tanker

[tang-ker] / ˈtæŋ kər /




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Centcom also released a footage purportedly showing the moment the tanker was hit on Tuesday.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

The tanker, which is under EU and US sanctions, has flown the flags of Madagascar, the Marshall Islands and Panama.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

There is a strong financial motivation for the hundreds of ships stuck in the Gulf to get out, according to Alessandro Gelli, a tanker ship broker at BRS Shipbrokers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

This included a crude tanker headed to China, one to India, one tanker carrying liquified petroleum gas leaving the passage route and another one entering.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

Enrique flees from car to car, more than twenty in all, struggling to keep his footing each time he leaps from a hopper to a fuel tanker, which is lower and has a rounded top.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario




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