tanker

Another tanker was hit by debris, according to the UKMTO, which is affiliated with the Royal Navy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

American officials and outside analysts say tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has picked up somewhat in recent weeks, thanks in part to so-called dark transits in which ships turn off tracking signals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

Generally speaking, however, tanker convoys, escorted by air and sea by the U.S. military, do the perilous transit through the Strait of Hormuz to the Gulf of Oman.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

The report identified losses to the American fleet, including four F-15s fighters destroyed, one F-35 fighter damaged, seven KC-135 tanker aircraft damaged and up to 30 MQ-9 Reaper drones destroyed.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

The tanker came from Athens, from Athens across the Atlantic and down the length of the Mediterranean Sea.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt

Fewer available tankers are slowing oil deliveries just as record shipping costs squeeze refiners’ margins, threatening to keep fuel prices high even if global crude prices fall.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

Signs that tankers are transiting the Strait of Hormuz and renewed diplomatic efforts have encouraged oil traders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

Aramco is talking with some Asian customers about taking crude from tankers off Oman via ship-to-ship transfers, according to the people familiar with Aramco’s operations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

Those workarounds are keeping Gulf barrels moving, but they are tying up tankers, driving freight rates higher and, in Saudi Arabia’s case, not sustainably alleviating blockages that have left its oil production at multidecade low.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

But now, all the big tankers were being held up in their ports until the submarines could be chased away.

From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor