tanker

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They also expect crude-oil prices to be supported by increased shipping costs as insurers charge more for providing protection to tanker movements.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

In early January, the seizure of the Russian oil tanker, the Marinera, far out in the northern Atlantic, showed that such operations can be carried out almost anywhere.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

After weeks of scouring headlines and watching tanker traffic, investors are eager to get back to the fundamentals of corporate earnings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

At the talks in Islamabad, the U.S. is likely to push for tanker traffic to resume “above all, leaving details for later,” said Matt Gertken, chief geopolitical and U.S. political strategist at BCA Research.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

In 1988 Zeitoun came to the United States on a tanker carrying oil from Saudi Arabia to Houston.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers