tanker
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"This was very alarming," said Sanket Joshi, 40, a veteran Indian tanker captain.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
The state-linked Fars News Agency reported on X that a tanker “has been detained,” noting that Iran requires shipowners transiting the waterway to pay transit fees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
The Smyrtos was taken to be anchored off Weymouth after Royal Marines Commandos intercepted and boarded it in a first-of-its-kind operation to disrupt the sanctioned tanker in June.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Most recently, the Italian navy, in conjunction with other EU countries, boarded a tanker in the central Mediterranean suspected of not being entitled to fly the flag it claimed.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
The tanker was huge, one of the workhorses of the oil age, almost a floating city in itself.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
The biggest problem for trackers is that many tankers are going dark.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Many tankers tied to Iran’s shadow trade are owned or managed by companies based in the U.A.E., according to the Treasury.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Local farmers have also poured in to help, working shifts to oversee a ballet of tractors pulling in tankers of water from a nearby lake.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
And despite the overall lull in the fighting, Iran fired drones at oil tankers from the United Arab Emirates, another U.S. ally, as they transited the Strait of Hormuz this month.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
The ingenious solution came from Jack Neylan: a round-the-world voyage on tankers owned by Standard Oil of California.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
