Examples of oil tanker in a Sentence
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While Centcom didn’t provide a location, Agence-France Presse reported earlier Saturday that an oil tanker was hit near the Bab el-Mandeb strait, about 10 nautical miles (19 kilometers) southwest of the Yemeni port of Mokha.
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Eamon Akil Farhat, Fortune, 18 May 2024
An oil tanker was able to evacuate the sailors to Gibraltar before the boat eventually sank.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 16 May 2024
The passengers, who were able to notify authorities in time, were rescued after receiving help from a nearby oil tanker and Moroccan authorities, states Salvamento Marítimo, Spain’s maritime rescue service, in a press release.
—Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 15 May 2024
That incident, considered among the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history, saw 11 million gallons of oil spilled into Alaska’s Prince William Sound after an oil tanker ran aground.
—Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 29 Apr. 2024
Killer Whales Sink Boat Off Morocco in 45-Minute Attack: 'Love of the Sea Always Wins'
A helicopter was sent by Spain's maritime rescue service to the location to rescue the crew members and a nearby oil tanker was also redirected to their location to provide assistance.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 14 May 2024
In January, Tehran seized an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman and transferred it to an Iranian port in response to the United States confiscating the same vessel and its oil last year.
—Adam Pourahmadi, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
That’s the federal law passed after the oil tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground in Alaska in 1989, spilling more than 10 million gallons of oil into Price William Sound.
—Ken Roberts, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
Though the oil tanker was not connected to the Houthi attacks, its confiscation threatened to spread hostilities eastward to the Persian Gulf, another key shipping route.
—George Petras, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2024
Eamon Akil Farhat, Fortune, 18 May 2024
An oil tanker was able to evacuate the sailors to Gibraltar before the boat eventually sank.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 16 May 2024
The passengers, who were able to notify authorities in time, were rescued after receiving help from a nearby oil tanker and Moroccan authorities, states Salvamento Marítimo, Spain’s maritime rescue service, in a press release.
—Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 15 May 2024
That incident, considered among the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history, saw 11 million gallons of oil spilled into Alaska’s Prince William Sound after an oil tanker ran aground.
—Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 29 Apr. 2024
Killer Whales Sink Boat Off Morocco in 45-Minute Attack: 'Love of the Sea Always Wins'
A helicopter was sent by Spain's maritime rescue service to the location to rescue the crew members and a nearby oil tanker was also redirected to their location to provide assistance.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 14 May 2024
In January, Tehran seized an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman and transferred it to an Iranian port in response to the United States confiscating the same vessel and its oil last year.
—Adam Pourahmadi, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
That’s the federal law passed after the oil tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground in Alaska in 1989, spilling more than 10 million gallons of oil into Price William Sound.
—Ken Roberts, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
Though the oil tanker was not connected to the Houthi attacks, its confiscation threatened to spread hostilities eastward to the Persian Gulf, another key shipping route.
—George Petras, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2024
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