tanker

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Meanwhile, the U.S. seized an Iran-linked oil tanker in the Indian Ocean.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

A South Korean oil tanker was passing through the Strait of Hormuz, the country's top diplomat said, marking the first transit by one of its vessels through the waterway since the Iran war began.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Meanwhile, the U.S. seized an Iran-linked oil tanker in the Indian Ocean overnight, according to three American officials.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

But investors had hoped for more progress toward reopening the crucial strait, where oil tanker traffic has ground to a near standstill since the outbreak of the war, sending energy prices soaring.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Hulls lay like chunks of cleavered fish: a conning tower here, a crew quarters there, the prow of an oil tanker pointing straight up to the sky.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi