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tanker

[tang-ker] / ˈtæŋ kər /




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The oil and gas tanker operator’s fleet expansion is running ahead of the brokerage’s base case with 16 confirmed by 3Q.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

Kharg Island - where one Iranian tanker was attacked in the latest round of strikes - hosts Iran's main terminal for exporting oil.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

He has turned to buying water and hauling it with a tanker truck to fill troughs for the cows.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2026

According to a marine accident expert report prepared for prosecutors, a copy of which was seen by AFP on Thursday, there were multiple breaches of safety procedures aboard the tanker.

From Barron's Sep. 4, 2026

The source of the noise soon appeared as a white water tanker emerged from the silver spot on the horizon.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat

Iran's foreign ministry condemned the attack on its oil tankers as "an overt threat to regional and international peace and security," saying that they "increase the dangers of tensions in the region".

From Barron's Sep. 9, 2026

Navy vessels – and eight oil tankers it claimed were attempting to pass through a “prohibited and unsafe” part of the Strait of Hormuz.

From MarketWatch Sep. 9, 2026

These special permissions gave California the authority to regulate CO2 emissions and pollutants from cargo ships, oil tankers, fishing vessels, lawn mowers, chain saws, and more.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

Brent crude is up 1.1% to $97.37 a barrel and WTI rises 1% to $86.29 a barrel after the U.S. hit three Iranian oil tankers over the weekend.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2026

From the height of the tanker’s deck, Bright Sands Beach stretched into the distance, a tarred expanse of sand and puddled seawater, littered with the savaged bodies of other oil tankers and freighters.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi




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