Tanker
noun
A big ship for carrying liquids like oil.
The oil tanker was headed towards the shore.
Often appears as...
- oil tanker
- water tanker
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Technical
noun
A truck for carrying large amounts of liquid or gas.
The tanker truck that was filled with gasoline had a minor leak.
Often appears as...
- gas tanker
- fuel tanker
noun
A member of a military tank crew.
The tankers were trained in combat and how to operate the tank effectively.
Often appears as...
- tanker crew
- tanker helmet
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Military
noun
A big ship for carrying liquids like oil.
The oil tanker was headed towards the shore.
Often appears as...
- oil tanker
- water tanker
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A truck for carrying large amounts of liquid or gas.
The tanker truck that was filled with gasoline had a minor leak.
Often appears as...
- gas tanker
- fuel tanker
noun
A member of a military tank crew.
The tankers were trained in combat and how to operate the tank effectively.
Often appears as...
- tanker crew
- tanker helmet
Usage tips
Military
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Scale Implication
The word 'tanker' suggests a very large size, often storing thousands of tons of liquid.
Seeing the massive oil tanker in port was impressive.
Pro Tip 2/3Cargo Specificity
When 'tanker' is used, it usually carries a specific type of liquid, often mentioned alongside.
The water tanker helped alleviate the drought.
Pro Tip 3/3Environmental Concerns
'Tanker' may evoke concern due to potential accidents or spills, especially with oil tankers.
The oil tanker spill caused an environmental disaster.
Pro Tip 1/3Scale Implication
The word 'tanker' suggests a very large size, often storing thousands of tons of liquid.
Seeing the massive oil tanker in port was impressive.
Pro Tip 2/3Cargo Specificity
When 'tanker' is used, it usually carries a specific type of liquid, often mentioned alongside.
The water tanker helped alleviate the drought.
Pro Tip 3/3Environmental Concerns
'Tanker' may evoke concern due to potential accidents or spills, especially with oil tankers.
The oil tanker spill caused an environmental disaster.
Pro Tip 1/3Scale Implication
The word 'tanker' suggests a very large size, often storing thousands of tons of liquid.
Seeing the massive oil tanker in port was impressive.
Pro Tip 2/3Cargo Specificity
When 'tanker' is used, it usually carries a specific type of liquid, often mentioned alongside.
The water tanker helped alleviate the drought.
Pro Tip 3/3Environmental Concerns
'Tanker' may evoke concern due to potential accidents or spills, especially with oil tankers.
The oil tanker spill caused an environmental disaster.
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National Geographic...
oil sands wants to ship their bid him in their oil their dirty crude through these narrow passageways and he said please help me can you do a story and help us keep these oil tankers out of there so I tried to think what could I do that would help bring attention to this area this sensitive fragile habitat and I thought I could do a story on the
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How to make a profit...
and now one of the largest financial institutions in the world, where I lead sustainable investing. Now, these institutions are like tankers, and working inside of them, I've come to appreciate what large wakes they can leave, and I've become convinced that the institution of the global capital markets,
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Garth Lenz: The true...
the largest coastal temperate rainforest ecosystem in the world. Some of the greatest densities of some of the most iconic and threatened species on the planet. And yet there's a proposal, of course, to build a pipeline to take huge tankers, 10 times the size of the Exxon Valdez,
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Photographing Our Seas:...
try to raise awareness of that realm. It's a rough coastline, it's not a place for tankers. And in my mind, you know it's not a question of "if" it's a question of when a spill will occur if these tankers do move into that area. It's just this incredible, incredible wild place.
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Car Footprint PIPE National...
twenty seven thousand miles over a lifetime or twenty five times around the world and on that journey will use thirty one thousand three hundred fifty gallons of gasoline or enough to fill these three fuel tankers it's difficult to imagine but the invisible gas pumped
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What it feels like to...
So with that in mind, I would like to share a few of my overviews with you now. Here we see cargo ships and oil tankers waiting outside the entry to the port of Singapore. This facility is the second-busiest in the world by terms of total tonnage,
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Kathy Hannun: How to...
to form from dead plankton. So there's that issue. We drill these incredibly deep holes to get it. Then we pipe it, truck it and ship it in tankers across the world to refineries, which are these incredibly expensive industrial facilities
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Substance to Stop Oil...
the ideal mixture that works to find how we put it together into products how that product will be stored and make sure it's good five year shelf life and how eventually we put hopefully on every rig and every tanker just like a fire
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Looking for Killer...
in the distance we're on a sailboat with a mast that reaches up into the sky after a rough day at sea we finally reached the protected waters of the Prince William Sound this is where a tanker unleashed a catastrophic amount
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HAZMAT Weed Bust PIPE...
solid it's heavy we have to vacuum this solid out of the tanker truck otherwise there's no way to reach the narcotics
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National Geographic...
oil sands wants to ship their bid him in their oil their dirty crude through these narrow passageways and he said please help me can you do a story and help us keep these oil tankers out of there so I tried to think what could I do that would help bring attention to this area this sensitive fragile habitat and I thought I could do a story on the
Video examples
How to make a profit...
and now one of the largest financial institutions in the world, where I lead sustainable investing. Now, these institutions are like tankers, and working inside of them, I've come to appreciate what large wakes they can leave, and I've become convinced that the institution of the global capital markets,
Video examples
Garth Lenz: The true...
the largest coastal temperate rainforest ecosystem in the world. Some of the greatest densities of some of the most iconic and threatened species on the planet. And yet there's a proposal, of course, to build a pipeline to take huge tankers, 10 times the size of the Exxon Valdez,
Video examples
Photographing Our Seas:...
try to raise awareness of that realm. It's a rough coastline, it's not a place for tankers. And in my mind, you know it's not a question of "if" it's a question of when a spill will occur if these tankers do move into that area. It's just this incredible, incredible wild place.
Video examples
Car Footprint PIPE National...
twenty seven thousand miles over a lifetime or twenty five times around the world and on that journey will use thirty one thousand three hundred fifty gallons of gasoline or enough to fill these three fuel tankers it's difficult to imagine but the invisible gas pumped
Video examples
What it feels like to...
So with that in mind, I would like to share a few of my overviews with you now. Here we see cargo ships and oil tankers waiting outside the entry to the port of Singapore. This facility is the second-busiest in the world by terms of total tonnage,
Video examples
Kathy Hannun: How to...
to form from dead plankton. So there's that issue. We drill these incredibly deep holes to get it. Then we pipe it, truck it and ship it in tankers across the world to refineries, which are these incredibly expensive industrial facilities
Video examples
Substance to Stop Oil...
the ideal mixture that works to find how we put it together into products how that product will be stored and make sure it's good five year shelf life and how eventually we put hopefully on every rig and every tanker just like a fire
Video examples
Looking for Killer...
in the distance we're on a sailboat with a mast that reaches up into the sky after a rough day at sea we finally reached the protected waters of the Prince William Sound this is where a tanker unleashed a catastrophic amount
Video examples
HAZMAT Weed Bust PIPE...
solid it's heavy we have to vacuum this solid out of the tanker truck otherwise there's no way to reach the narcotics
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Annie Jacobsen
American Journalist
On the morning of January 17, 1966, a real-life dirty bomb crisis occurred over Palomares, Spain. A Strategic Air Command bomber flying with four armed hydrogen Bombs - with yields between 70 kilotons and 1.45 megatons - collided midair with a refueling tanker over the Spanish countryside.
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Ricky Whittle
British Actor
I remember 'Rain Man' with Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman with all the Lamborghinis being lifted off the tanker. I was obsessed with this car. Absolutely obsessed with this car. It was my dream, and to finally drive one and own one was incredible.
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Helmut Sohmen
Austrian Lawyer
Given the international nature of the tanker industry, it is important that global regimes are applied consistently and universally, not local or regional rules that do not recognise the total commercial and operating backdrop.
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Elizabeth Warren
American Public Servant
Some of these biggest financial institutions are out there trading in commodities. They're buying oil tankers. This is not a financial system that has calmed down and is there to serve the American people.
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Sherrod Brown
American Politician
We know that, too often, oil and other hazardous materials are shipped across the country on aging tankers. Too many communities have seen what happens when trains derail and in some cases catch fire.
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Buzz Aldrin
American Astronaut
When the time comes to start building deep space transports and refueling rocket tankers, it will be the commercial industry that steps up, not another government-owned, government-managed enterprise.
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Roald Dahl
British Novelist
Nobody gets a nervous breakdown or a heart attack from selling kerosene to gentle country folk from the back of a tanker in Somerset.
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John Hoeven
American Politician
Pipelines are by far the safest way to transport petroleum. They are safer than tankers, safer than trucks, safer than rail.
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Helmut Sohmen
Austrian Lawyer
Everybody has to build double-hull tankers, but charterers don't want to pay for the extra costs.
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John Fredriksen
Norwegian Businessman
I've been in tankers for 50 years, and I like it. For me, it's still fun.
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Annie Jacobsen
American Journalist
On the morning of January 17, 1966, a real-life dirty bomb crisis occurred over Palomares, Spain. A Strategic Air Command bomber flying with four armed hydrogen Bombs - with yields between 70 kilotons and 1.45 megatons - collided midair with a refueling tanker over the Spanish countryside.
Quote examples
Ricky Whittle
British Actor
I remember 'Rain Man' with Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman with all the Lamborghinis being lifted off the tanker. I was obsessed with this car. Absolutely obsessed with this car. It was my dream, and to finally drive one and own one was incredible.
Quote examples
Helmut Sohmen
Austrian Lawyer
Given the international nature of the tanker industry, it is important that global regimes are applied consistently and universally, not local or regional rules that do not recognise the total commercial and operating backdrop.
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Elizabeth Warren
American Public Servant
Some of these biggest financial institutions are out there trading in commodities. They're buying oil tankers. This is not a financial system that has calmed down and is there to serve the American people.
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Sherrod Brown
American Politician
We know that, too often, oil and other hazardous materials are shipped across the country on aging tankers. Too many communities have seen what happens when trains derail and in some cases catch fire.
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Buzz Aldrin
American Astronaut
When the time comes to start building deep space transports and refueling rocket tankers, it will be the commercial industry that steps up, not another government-owned, government-managed enterprise.
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Roald Dahl
British Novelist
Nobody gets a nervous breakdown or a heart attack from selling kerosene to gentle country folk from the back of a tanker in Somerset.
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John Hoeven
American Politician
Pipelines are by far the safest way to transport petroleum. They are safer than tankers, safer than trucks, safer than rail.
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Helmut Sohmen
Austrian Lawyer
Everybody has to build double-hull tankers, but charterers don't want to pay for the extra costs.
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John Fredriksen
Norwegian Businessman
I've been in tankers for 50 years, and I like it. For me, it's still fun.
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