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Meanwhile, the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said that a tanker was attacked Saturday in the strait, saying the crew was safe and no environmental damage was reported.
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Jon Gambrell,
Fortune,
27 June 2026
Ship comes under attack as strait route expands The British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said that a tanker was attacked Saturday in the strait, with the crew safe and no environmental damage reported.
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Jon Gambrell,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2026
Traders last week instead focused on signs that tanker traffic was returning to the vital shipping route for global energy and chemical supplies.
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Alexa Lomonaco,
CNBC,
27 June 2026
But the increasing tanker traffic is an encouraging step toward normalization of global oil flows.
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David Goldman,
CNN Money,
26 June 2026
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Jon Gambrell,
Fortune,
27 June 2026
Ship comes under attack as strait route expands The British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said that a tanker was attacked Saturday in the strait, with the crew safe and no environmental damage reported.
—
Jon Gambrell,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2026
Traders last week instead focused on signs that tanker traffic was returning to the vital shipping route for global energy and chemical supplies.
—
Alexa Lomonaco,
CNBC,
27 June 2026
But the increasing tanker traffic is an encouraging step toward normalization of global oil flows.
—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
26 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tanker
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The dredge is conducted by crane and excavator barges that dig sand up and deposit it in another barge.
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The organization also noted that the barge carrying the fireworks was around two miles from Jackie and Shadow’s nest and that the show was scheduled to finish in under 30 minutes.
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Best International Narrative Feature went to Labrador — Autopsy of Silence, directed by Rodrigue Jean, which follows an Inuk mechanic who is suspected of murder on a freighter.
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The 747’s fusion of aeronautical ability and symbolic power earned it many roles beyond passenger liner and freighter.
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The Choe Hyon is North Korea's most advanced warship.
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Under Article 110 of UNCLOS, stateless vessels belong to no nation, so any state’s warship may exercise the right of visit and board the vessel to check its papers.
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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.
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Fittingly built in Japan, the 500,000-ton+ (when fully laden) supertanker Seawise Giant would set sail in 1979.
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The original Dow index from 1884 had 11 stocks in it, and nine of them were railroads (the other two were a steamship company and Western Union).
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On summer breaks from university, Gilmore also worked at the port, painting buildings, shoveling coal on a steamship and crewing on harbor boats.
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In 2025, China completed 14 voyages, including a Cosco containership, the first containership to make a journey through the waterway.
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The world's largest containership, built by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group, in Rotterdam harbor, Netherlands, on August 12, 2022.
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Use a garment steamer for easier wrinkle-removal.
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For Feeling Put-together After a Flight Nothing pulls a travel outfit together faster than wrinkle-free clothes, and this compact steamer makes the process surprisingly painless.
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Now, in Crimea, Kyiv is systematically targeting key transport links and supply routes connecting the peninsula to southern Russian forces, aiming to disrupt logistics and isolate military infrastructure there.
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Poland and Ukraine are using the event to finalize a new bilateral, intergovernmental pact designed to cover transport, energy, and logistics.
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“Tanker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tanker. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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