tanker
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Investigators linked the tanker to 2.6 million gallons of Texas diesel falsely labeled as lubricating oil additives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
Meanwhile, an "unknown projectile" struck a tanker off the coast of Oman, a British maritime agency said on Saturday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
The blaze aboard the tanker was extinguished within two hours.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
Another tanker, which did not appear on ship tracking data, was also seen loading military vehicles at Baltiysk on 6 June.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Women, almost all of them carrying children, cried as it quickly became clear that the water tanker could transport only a small number of those waiting.
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
It is the latest in a spate of attacks on vessels in the Red Sea, an alternative waterway that some tankers had been using since Iran blocked the Strait of Hormuz in February.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Abetting the scams is a vast network of tankers, rail lines and trucks that transport refined fuel from borders and seaports to Mexican gas stations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
Of the 62 commercial vessels attacked or boarded near the Strait of Hormuz since March 1, the overwhelming majority have been oil and liquefied natural gas tankers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Iran on Wednesday said it had halted three oil tankers in the strait, through which a fifth of global crude and gas usually pass.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
I thought that when two American destroyers arrived, along with die Dutch cruiser Van Kingsbergen, to protect the lake tankers, Mother would change her mind.
From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor
