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tanker

noun

Definition of tanker

as in barge

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Recent Examples of tanker Of the outbound traffic, four vessels — including a tanker laden with 2 million barrels of Saudi crude - sailed with their satellite trackers off. — Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026 United Against Nuclear Iran, citing Joint Maritime Information Center data, has put the decline in tanker transits since the July 20 blockade declaration at roughly 40%. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 16 Aug. 2026 Satellite images also have shown that the tanker is increasingly submerged, and experts have warned of an unprecedented environmental disaster if the vessel sinks or breaks open and leaks its entire cargo. — ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026 Oman’s environment agency said on Wednesday that a vast oil spill from a leaking tanker had started to hit the country’s coastline, threatening to become one of the world’s worst in years after spreading largely unchecked for weeks. — Reuters, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tanker

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Noun

In other parts of the route, the road drops close enough to the river so that drivers can watch barge traffic on the Mississippi.

— Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 29 July 2026
Once the plant reaches the end of its operational lifespan, tugboats will tow the entire barge to a specialized shipyard for decommissioning.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 29 July 2026

Definition of barge

Noun

The ship is similar in size and capacity to the Sanchi, an Iranian ship that collided with a freighter off China in 2018 in the world’s worst oil tanker disaster in decades.

— Reuters, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2026
Ground handling and tarmac loading have fully resumed, though flight schedules will require another 24-to-48 hours to clear passenger and freighter backlogs.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of freighter

Noun

Speaking on a visit to a Russian warship that was taking part in a naval exercise in the Pacific, Putin described the Western moves to detain vessels linked to Russia as a breach of international maritime law.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
The warship continues to operate under high-threat conditions, and has been on continuous high alert since the United States launched Operation Epic Fury on February 28, 2026.

— Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of warship

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The supertanker would then face a much longer journey around Africa to destinations in Asia, and would have to return on the same route through the Suez due to Houthi threats at the Bab el-Mandeb, Smith said.

— Spencer Kimball,Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 24 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 ferry also stops on Ellis Island, part of the national park, and is famous for processing more than 12 million immigrant steamship passengers through its federal immigration station from 1892 to 1954.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Aug. 2026
The seasoning’s name is a nod to the region’s maritime history and is named for the Old Bay Line, a passenger steamship that traveled the Chesapeake Bay between Baltimore and Norfolk, Virginia, in the early 1900s.

— Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 31 July 2026

Definition of steamship

Noun

Nearly one-third of containership imports and exports travel through the San Pedro Bay port complex.

— Pippa Stevens, CNBC, 3 Aug. 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

Infused with menthol and essential oils, each steamer releases a refreshing scent for 10 to 15 minutes and is individually wrapped for easy storage or travel.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
With little formal education, Mulholland had left his native Ireland in his teens, worked steamer ships on the Great Lakes, labored in lumber camps and prospected for gold.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of steamer

Noun

The ‘next step’ On a sunny September day last year in the Chinese port city of Ningbo, not far from Shanghai, higher-ups from shipping company Sea Legend mingled with local transport officials at a port terminal.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
In the 20-foot configuration, a Containerized Missile Launcher can accommodate up to 18 FV-014 and is fully compatible with existing transport, logistics and operational platforms.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2026

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