tanker

Example Sentences

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While Saudi Arabia’s exports via the Red Sea and occasional tanker passage through the Strait of Hormuz have eased some price pressures, “we feel that oil values are still mispriced to the low side.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

Up to 50,000 workers in Gujarat spend eight months on the remote salt pans without electricity or healthcare, relying on a tanker to deliver drinking and washing water every 25 days.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

The Arctic Metagaz tanker was badly damaged and later seen drifting out of control with no crew onboard.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

On Tuesday, a second U.S.-flagged vessel, the CS Anthem, a product tanker operated by Crowley Maritime, transited the strait using the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

An elephant-size tanker then wobbled down the narrow gravel road and parked by our home.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat