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That makes up 8% of the total supertanker fleet, making the pair the largest owners of the ships in the world.
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Giacomo Tognini, Forbes.com, 17 Mar. 2026
The Strait of Hormuz, where supertankers carrying 20 percent of the global oil supply passes through, has been closed, leading to a significant rise in the price of fuel worldwide.
—Ghassan E. El-Eid, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2026
Russian supertanker Astro Lupus waits to unload its cargo of the first direct shipment of Russian crude oil on July 3, 2002 in the Gulf of Mexico.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2026
The supertanker was seen sailing under the flag of Guyana, according to the BBC.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 11 Dec. 2025
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Giacomo Tognini, Forbes.com, 17 Mar. 2026
The Strait of Hormuz, where supertankers carrying 20 percent of the global oil supply passes through, has been closed, leading to a significant rise in the price of fuel worldwide.
—Ghassan E. El-Eid, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2026
Russian supertanker Astro Lupus waits to unload its cargo of the first direct shipment of Russian crude oil on July 3, 2002 in the Gulf of Mexico.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2026
The supertanker was seen sailing under the flag of Guyana, according to the BBC.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 11 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supertanker
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The protests have caused chaos as blockades at Ireland’s only oil refinery and several vital depots prevented tanker trucks from delivering fuel to service stations and more than a third of pumps ran dry.—
Brian Melley,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, the Khairpur, a Pakistani oil product tanker, was transiting through the Iranian corridor toward the Gulf after earlier changing course twice on Sunday.—
Weilun Soon,
Fortune,
12 Apr. 2026
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York helped row and tow the party’s barge, which was the size of a semi-truck trailer.—
Craig Fehrman,
Space.com,
6 Apr. 2026
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On July 28, Insua was operating a tugboat pushing a barge loaded with construction debris with a deckhouse and crane obstructing the vessel's front view, per the statement.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
PEOPLE,
3 Apr. 2026
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Nagel's namesake Cygnus XL freighter will deliver about 11,000 pounds (4,990 kilograms) of science equipment and supplies to the astronauts aboard the station.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
11 Apr. 2026
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The 287-foot freighter was intentionally sunk to create an artificial reef in 1985.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
14 Mar. 2026
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There was no direct overland route, so cross-country mail got routed via steamship around South America.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
1 Apr. 2026
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Victor Rillet, a 21-year-old Frenchman, disembarked the steamship Washington in New York in October 1864, carrying the kind of optimism that fuels both great innovation and spectacular disappointment.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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The find was announced 225 years to the day since the Battle of Copenhagen on April 2, 1801 — the same day the warship sank.—
Samantha Agate,
Kansas City Star,
5 Apr. 2026
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These are not the polished relics of admirals and officers but the everyday possessions of working men who fought and died aboard a burning warship.—
Samantha Agate,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Apr. 2026
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Dixon recommends a handheld steamer as an alternative.—
Lori Keong,
Architectural Digest,
2 Apr. 2026
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Not everyone wants to travel with a portable steamer or trust notoriously finicky hotel irons to smooth out their clothing, so investing in wrinkle-free materials from the jump is a great way to cut down the obstacles between you and a day out enjoying your vacation.—
Merrell Readman,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Apr. 2026
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The ferryboat was on the go all day long, covering more miles in a day than the barge would cover in a century.—
Eric DuVall,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Sep. 2025
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One foggy morning this spring, a ferryboat traversed the choppy waters between lower Manhattan and Governors Island.—
Adam Iscoe,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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In 2025, China completed 14 voyages, including a Cosco containership, the first containership to make a journey through the waterway.—
Lori Ann LaRocco,
CNBC,
28 Mar. 2026
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The world's largest containership, built by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group, in Rotterdam harbor, Netherlands, on August 12, 2022.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Supertanker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supertanker. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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