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With more tankers being used as temporary storage or embarking on longer voyages, shipping rates have soared.

The call didn’t go in for tanker trucks and when these arrived, there was no one to escort them.

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Oil companies could potentially avoid touching the state’s jurisdiction altogether by loading crude onto tankers and shipping it elsewhere.

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A Russian sailor died and two others were being treated for suspected poisoning on Wednesday following a toxic leak inside a tanker just off Istanbul, the local authorities said.

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An oil tanker seized by Iran's Revolutionary Guards last week was released on Wednesday, the company managing the ship said, confirming all its crew were safe.

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