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tanker

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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

Authorities say the pontoon boat collided with a barge and that the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is investigating.

— Ashley Grams, CBS News, 13 July 2026
Eisenberger is a former deputy aide for Collins who most recently worked for American Waterways Operators, the national trade association for the barge, towboat and tugboat industry.

— Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 9 July 2026

Definition of barge

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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

For Odysseus’ main vessel, the production used the Draken, a 115-foot boat located in Stavanger, Norway, that the art department could transform into a Mycenaean warship with relatively few modifications.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 July 2026
The ceremony moves the warship closer to delivery as the Navy expands a fleet designed to counter increasingly complex air and missile threats.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026

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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

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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
With the advent of the steamship, the cost of passage plummeted, and companies offered special immigrant fares that were often coupled with rail tickets to the interior of the country.

— Albert Sun, New York Times, 2 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

This week, the US approved a $2 billion Saudi order for weapons guidance systems, launchers, warheads, and other equipment, as well as a $484 million package of parts for Kuwait’s fleet of C-17 military transport aircraft.

— Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 17 July 2026
Seven more launches will complete Tranche with 63 additional data transport satellites and 28 missile tracking satellites manufactured by Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and L3Harris.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026

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