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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 oil and gas tanker operator’s fleet expansion is running ahead of the brokerage’s base case with 16 confirmed by 3Q.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Kharg Island - where one Iranian tanker was attacked in the latest round of strikes - hosts Iran's main terminal for exporting oil.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

Three cars away, a boy, twelve or thirteen years old, has managed to grab the bottom rung of a ladder on a fuel tanker, but he cannot haul himself up.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

Our company, which operated LNG tankers in the Indonesia to Japan trade from 1977 to 1998, held annual conferences in different U.S. venues.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Adnoc’s maritime logistics company is one of a buccaneering group staging daring “shuttle runs,” where tankers make short trips moving oil from the U.A.E. and other Persian Gulf terminals to ports just outside Hormuz.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Coast Guard-led team boarded the tankers in the Gulf of Mexico in August to inspect their networks, following indications they had been compromised.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

The tankers were transiting the Strait of Gibraltar earlier in August when they were attacked, according to ship tracking data and one of the officials.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

The ingenious solution came from Jack Neylan: a round-the-world voyage on tankers owned by Standard Oil of California.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik