tanker

Example Sentences

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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

The bass have consumed so many fingerlings that state officials have resorted to the ridiculous extreme of transporting baby salmon in tanker trucks, from upstream hatcheries to downstream locations closer to the San Francisco Bay.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Deep Sea has not broadcast location data for more than a month, but BBC Verify analysis of satellite imagery indicates that the tanker is now close to the Iranian port of Chabahar.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

Continued attacks on energy infrastructure in the Middle East and ongoing restrictions on tanker movements through the strait have led to the “largest disruption in history,” it said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

For a while, he stands on a narrow ledge at the end of a fuel tanker.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario