tanker

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Tanker traffic through the Panama Canal is also increasing, hitting the highest level in at least five years in late March.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

Tanker traffic through the strait has been heavily constrained since the conflict began.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

In fundamental ways, today’s standoff is very different from the Tanker War, which got its name from attacks both Iraq and Iran mounted on oil infrastructure during their lengthy conflict during the 1980s.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Tanker owners said on Monday that they would hesitate before sending new vessels through the chokepoint.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

"Then here follow a set of soldier people," said Olivia,—"hussars and Queen's Bays, and a Captain Tanker of the Royal Navy,—oh, I remember, he has but one arm,—and then the Pelertons and the Cuffes."

From Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) by Lever, Charles James