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tanker

noun

Definition of tanker

as in barge

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Recent Examples of tanker Sinokor’s aggressive buying combined with a swell in oil flows to send tanker rates surging even before the US and Israeli strikes on Iran led to the effective closure of the world’s most important oil shipping lane. — Weilun Soon, Fortune, 5 July 2026 Riyadh largely paused shipments from its Gulf export terminals of Ras Tanura and Juaymah on March 9 after tanker traffic through Hormuz plunged due to Iranian attacks. — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 2 July 2026 To get ready, the US Navy has begun installing specialized control stations on its carriers, setting the stage for routine uncrewed tanker operations at sea. — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 2 July 2026 At the time of writing, as the Marine Traffic map shows, tanker traffic is barely moving through the Strait, and many ships, unable to obtain insurance or with their owners frightened at the level of risk involved, are refusing to advance. — Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for tanker

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Noun

The crane moved Holzinger closer to a boat that was stationed next to the barge.

— Lauren Oyler, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
The rescue barge is regarded as one of China’s most advanced modular heavy-duty water rescue systems.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 16 July 2026

Definition of barge

Noun

The Boeing 737 entered service in 1999 as a passenger aircraft before it was converted into a freighter in 2011.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 9 July 2026
The 737-400 was first delivered as a passenger plane to Russia’s Aeroflot in 1999 and was converted to a freighter in 2012, according to Flightradar24.

— Reuters, CNN Money, 8 July 2026

Definition of freighter

Noun

The warship and escorts are now at White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, where the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit is being offloaded.

— Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
In a reminder of the growing international tensions Britain faces, a Russian warship carried out a live-fire weapons exercise in the English Channel on Monday, the day Burnham took office.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026

Definition of warship

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By the way, a 20% toll on a supertanker full of oil could cost over $30 million dollars.

— Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 16 July 2026
Optimism about a deal earlier this week also came amid reports that multiple large ships carrying crude and natural gas successfully crossed the strait, including an Iraqi supertanker bound for China.

— Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026

Definition of supertanker

Noun

The Brotherhood later sued a Chesapeake Bay steamship, named the Sue, that had refused to admit Black passengers to its first-class cabin.

— Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 17 July 2026
Those who chose to rest on the banks of the Potomac River could be seen by steamship passengers playing bridge and dancing in the river breeze.

— Hana Kiros, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026

Definition of steamship

Noun

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
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

Definition of containership

Noun

The robot is intended for inspection work, material transport, and assembly tasks inside industrial facilities.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026
Those winds suppress the upward drag of cooler water from the deep ocean through Ekman transport or the Ekman Spiral.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026

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