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Recent Examples of tanker
The tanker vented a vapor cloud that was visible to passing motorists.
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Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 26 Dec. 2024
A day earlier, the tanker Volgoneft 109 sent out a distress signal following a reported leakage in a cargo tank while near the port of Kavkaz in the Krasnodar region.
—Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
Then in 1989, after the Exxon Valdez tanker ran aground in Alaska’s Prince William Sound, spilling nearly 11 million gallons of crude oil, the U.S. Coast Guard asked him to help write new pollution regulations.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
The tankers were carrying more than 9,000 tons of oil, emergency services reported, according to TASS.
—Catherine Nicholls, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
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Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 26 Dec. 2024
A day earlier, the tanker Volgoneft 109 sent out a distress signal following a reported leakage in a cargo tank while near the port of Kavkaz in the Krasnodar region.
—Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
Then in 1989, after the Exxon Valdez tanker ran aground in Alaska’s Prince William Sound, spilling nearly 11 million gallons of crude oil, the U.S. Coast Guard asked him to help write new pollution regulations.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
The tankers were carrying more than 9,000 tons of oil, emergency services reported, according to TASS.
—Catherine Nicholls, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
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There is a castle, an annual Shakespeare festival, a boat club (barges, mainly, given that Staffordshire has more miles of canal than any other county in England) and two semi-professional football clubs.Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
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Chilling temperatures signaled its return, but so did an important annual ritual: the last barge heading downriver from the Twin Cities, bringing the 2024 shipping season to an end.Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 3 Dec. 2024
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Skip the redundant backstory and give us more freighter action with Captain Galt, Keamy, and Minkowski.Michael Alan Connelly, Vulture, 1 July 2024
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In 2024 through September, Boeing delivered thirty eight MAX aircraft to China, and in July two 777 freighters to Air China.Jerrold Lundquist, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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Managers of offshore oil rigs, supertankers, and Antarctic research stations all appreciate the importance of food to maintaining group morale and productivity in isolated, remote, and confined situations.Nicola Twilley, WIRED, 11 Feb. 2020
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Satellite imagery captured by the European Space Agency’s Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission on Sept. 25 shows a number of VLCC supertankers in the waters around Kharg Island, Iran’s principal oil export terminal.Natasha Turak, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2024
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Also on Thursday, a Chinese warship with the bow number 552 was spotted about 50 nautical miles (58 miles) off the coast of Zambales province in Luzon, the Philippines' most populous island.Micah McCartney, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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South Korea Defense Ministry/AP In November, Mr. Nakatani became the first Japanese defense minister to board a South Korean warship, when the ship made a port call in Yokosuka, Japan.Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Dec. 2024
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In those days, as international trade was transformed by refrigerated steamships, Argentina was a major exporter of grain and meat, by some measures as wealthy as the United States.Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
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And, within about 48 hours, local vigilantes rounded up Chinese residents — hundreds of people — forced them onto steamships bound for San Francisco and told them to never return again.Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 26 Nov. 2024
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That’s why some flight attendants choose to invest in a portable travel steamer to help keep their uniforms wrinkle-free while away from home.Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 31 Dec. 2024
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They’re often stuffed with either shrimp or pork, wrapped in banana leaf to prevent them from sticking to one another, and thrown into a steamer.Christina Liao, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2024
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Complete the look with lips Finish with a soft nude or dusty rose lip paired with a matching liner.India Espy-Jones, Essence, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recipe options per week: At least 16 meals; various quantities of add-ons and pantry items | Packing materials: Recyclable boxes, containers, packaging; partly recyclable liners and ice packs | Availability: Contiguous United States Try It 13.Sara Coughlin, SELF, 23 Dec. 2024
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Second, emissions from burning the fuels (downstream) eclipse the emissions in production and transport (upstream and midstream).Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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And in partnership with Audi, the marque is providing transport to guests via the all-electric Q6 e-trons.Tori Latham, Robb Report, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Tanker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tanker. Accessed 9 Jan. 2025.
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