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Recent Examples of supertanker
Another supertanker booking to haul crude from the Middle East made on the same day fell through, people involved in the market said.
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Alex Longley, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2026
Among the challenges is that replacing one supertanker shipment of oil by land requires about 10,000 trucks and significantly more fuel to transport.
—Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 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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Alex Longley, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2026
Among the challenges is that replacing one supertanker shipment of oil by land requires about 10,000 trucks and significantly more fuel to transport.
—Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 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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On May 6, a Navy jet fired several rounds from its 20mm cannon to disable the rudder of a tanker.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
9 May 2026
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China's Foreign Ministry expressed concern, saying the tanker was registered in the Marshall Islands with Chinese crew on board.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 May 2026
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The fact that a humpback whale had been dredged out for days by volunteers, corralled into a barge and released into the North Sea demonstrated a collective good will toward nature that can seem all too rare.—
Jessica Camille Aguirre,
New Yorker,
2 May 2026
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The reusable first-stage booster was designed to land on a nearby barge.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 May 2026
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In 1980, 35 people were killed when a freighter rammed the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay in Florida, causing a 1,300-foot section of the southbound span to collapse.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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The Russian freighter, known as Progress 95, is hauling about 3 tons of food, propellant and other supplies to the International Space Station (ISS).—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
25 Apr. 2026
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For those escaping to Philadelphia from regions nearer to Pennsylvania, clandestine travel by small boat or by road was more likely than stowing away on a steamship.—
Jeremy Mennis,
The Conversation,
1 May 2026
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Scheidt’s family were members of the German-Jewish bourgeoisie (a distant cousin, Albert Ballin, was general director of what became the world’s largest steamship line).—
Andrew Silow-Carroll,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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For the first time, officials confirmed that the large warship will use nuclear power and act as a heavily armed command ship for future naval operations.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
12 May 2026
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Cybele Mayes-Osterman Britain is deploying a warship to the Middle East to prepare for a joint operation to open the Strait of Hormuz, the country's defense ministry confirmed on May 9.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
10 May 2026
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After recuperating from burns to his hands and face suffered in the crash, Morris went back to meet his wife in France, and eventually made their way in July back to Homewood, traversing the Atlantic this time by steamer.—
Paul Eisenberg,
Chicago Tribune,
6 May 2026
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After immigrating to the US, my mother dispensed with some traditional cooking methods, such as using bamboo steamers, and adopted other habits that ran counter to her upbringing.—
John Mok,
Vogue,
6 May 2026
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Crofton will be the only living person with a Disney ferryboat named after her.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 May 2026
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Right now, engineers and craft workers are teaming up to design and build the new ferryboat.—
Molly Burford,
Southern Living,
1 May 2026
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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 14 May. 2026.
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