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supertanker

[ US /ˈsupɝˌtæŋkɝ/ ]
[ UK /sˈuːpətˌæŋkɐ/ ]
NOUN
  1. the largest class of oil tankers

How To Use supertanker In A Sentence

  • A supertanker, bulldozing down right behind us, blasted her bullhorn and sent us hightailing it back toward the shoreline.
  • You'll recall the firefighting supertanker responded to another South Bay fire last week above Cupertino and helped contain that fire to 150 acres even though initial attack brass suggested that one could go to 3,000 acres. Lick Fire In Henry Coe State Park
  • The advancing supertanker was a huge bright-green blob on the screen, approaching them on what seemed like a collision course. LET NOT THE DEEP
  • It is one of the busiest shipping areas in the world, where every type of vessel, from vast supertankers to small dhows, go about their business.
  • Severe weather has sunk more than 200 supertankers and container ships exceeding 200 metres in length during the last two decades.
  • A supertanker, bulldozing down right behind us, blasted her bullhorn and sent us hightailing it back toward the shoreline.
  • On March 24, 1989, a 900-foot long supertanker ran aground in well-marked waters and spilled 11 million gallons of crude oil.
  • - Oct 6, 2002: Almost exactly two years after the USS Cole attack, a small boat filled with explosives blows a hole in the 500,000 tonne French supertanker 'Limburg' as it prepares to dock at a Yemeni port. al-Qaeda claims responsibility. Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph
  • With the support of international trade agreements, these companies are setting their sights on the mass transport of water by pipeline and supertanker.
  • The supertankers filled to the brim with crude set sail without the captain having the slightest idea of its final destination.
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