oil tanker

noun

: a large ship that carries oil

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The Centuries is a 333-meter-long oil tanker that last docked in Singapore in October, according to vessel tracker Maritime Optima. Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 20 Dec. 2025 Trump ordered the blockade after the US seized a sanctioned oil tanker off Venezuela’s coast last week. Michael Rios, CNN Money, 20 Dec. 2025 The oil tanker Skipper was a part of the dark fleet; it was formally sanctioned three years ago. Jordan Blum, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2025 For multiple years, the oil tanker has been sanctioned by the United States due to its involvement in an illicit oil shipping network supporting foreign terrorist organizations. Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for oil tanker

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“Oil tanker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20tanker. Accessed 25 Dec. 2025.

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