tanker

Example Sentences

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The United Arab Emirates said in a statement posted on X External link that the ship targeted was a national tanker affiliated with the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

In two weeks, the Hong Kong-flagged tanker will have fully unloaded at the Marathon Petroleum terminal and departed again for distant waters.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026

He posted night-vision footage of a naval drone approaching one tanker at Novorossiysk.

From Barron's • May 3, 2026

No interest rate rise is going to force an oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz, or clear the "hazardous area" of mines.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

Lord Asriel’s force, the squadron of gyropters and the zeppelin fuel tanker, had reached the opening between the worlds: the breach in the sky above Svalbard.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman