How to Use supertanker in a Sentence

supertanker

noun
  • That makes up 8% of the total supertanker fleet, making the pair the largest owners of the ships in the world.
    — Giacomo Tognini, Forbes.com, 17 Mar. 2026
  • As Mostert wrote those words, the brief golden age of the supertanker was already ending.
    — The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2021
  • The largest supertankers carry up to 3 million barrels of crude.
    — Stan Choe, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The largest supertankers carry up to 3 million barrels of crude.
    — Bassem Mroue, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Tidal windows restrict supertanker access to four-hour slots twice daily.
    — Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 23 Mar. 2026
  • At least two massive supertankers that had entered the strait were reported to have made U-turns.
    — Rob Wile, NBC news, 22 June 2025
  • Turning a presidential race around is like trying to free a supertanker stuck in a waterpark wave pool.
    — Christian Schneider, National Review, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The other two were crude supertankers that most recently delivered Emirati crude.
    — Weilun Soon, Fortune, 21 June 2026
  • The supertanker was seen sailing under the flag of Guyana, according to the BBC.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 11 Dec. 2025
  • The two Chinese supertankers are the Cospearl Lake and the He Rong Hai.
    — Julian Lee, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Another supertanker booking to haul crude from the Middle East made on the same day fell through, people involved in the market said.
    — Alex Longley, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Of the ships entering since Monday, at least nine were supertankers, which had mostly avoided entering over the weekend.
    — Alex Sundby, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • As an indicator of persistent weakness, one-year supertanker rentals now cost a third less than a year ago, according to Braemar.
    — Collin Eaton, WSJ, 1 July 2021
  • Already, eight supertankers have loaded from the area this month, putting shipments on course for a record, according to tanker-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg.
    — Christine Burke, Bloomberg, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Regulations that went into effect in 2020 reduced the amount of sulfur in the fuel used by supertankers.
    — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest oil exporter, is also hiring more supertankers to handle higher volumes.
    — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Its long jetties jutt into waters that are deep enough to accommodate oil supertankers, making the island a critical site for oil distribution.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The number of supertankers headed for China dropped to the lowest in almost two years, adding to recent concerns about demand in the largest oil importer during the second half of the year.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 6 July 2024
  • Its long jetties, jutting into waters deep enough to accommodate oil supertankers, make the island a critical site for oil distribution.
    — Helen Regan, CNN Money, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Iranian supertankers are switching on their transponders after going dark during the war, Kpler analysts told clients in a Friday note.
    — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 19 June 2026
  • On Saturday, two Chinese supertankers and a Greek vessel exited the gulf via Hormuz, laden with crude.
    — Weilun Soon, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Saudi Arabia’s biggest oil shipper provisionally hired at least five supertankers, adding to demand for the giant ships at a time when their booking costs are soaring.
    — Alex Longley, Bloomberg, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Eleven supertankers bound for the kingdom entered the Gulf between June 23 and July 1, the analyst said.
    — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 2 July 2026
  • China is on an oil-supertanker hiring spree, a sign energy demand has sped up after the world’s second-largest economy limped out of its Covid-19 lockdowns.
    — Costas Paris and Joe Wallace, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Because most of Iran’s coastline is too shallow for supertankers, the country pumps almost all of its crude production through underwater pipelines to Kharg.
    — Alexander Smith, NBC news, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Five Iranian supertankers loaded with oil were observed departing the region on Friday, the analysts said.
    — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 19 June 2026
  • Loading a single Very Large Crude Carrier, a class of supertanker built for long-haul oil transport, can take up to 10 days, Madani said.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Among the challenges is that replacing one supertanker shipment of oil by land requires about 10,000 trucks and significantly more fuel to transport.
    — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Actually, that doesn't take much imagination because collisions involving everything from rowboats to supertankers are all too common.
    — New Atlas, 5 Jan. 2026
  • To arrive at the Los Angeles refinery, crude oil is transported in supertanker ships that dock at special berths at Southern California ports.
    — Ingrid Lobet, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2021

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