tanker

Example Sentences

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The closure came as reports emerged of vessels in or near the strait, including a tanker, were targeted by Tehran on Saturday.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

To move sanctioned barrels, the regime leaned heavily on its shadow fleet—a clandestine tanker network used to evade sanctions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

To gain confidence in a positive economic outlook scenario, he is looking for tangible signs such as insurance rates falling to more reasonable rates and tanker owners allowing their ships to go through the region.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

Per the BBC, oil and gas tanker companies aren’t rushing to run through the strait, telling the broadcaster that the news “doesn’t change anything.”

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026

Even here, in the belly of an old oil tanker, there were rats, but these ones had died a long time ago.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi