Supertanker

Definition

supertanker /'su:pǝtæŋkǝ(r); Brit also 'sju:-/ n ေရနံတင္ သေဘၤာႀကီး။

Examples

1. ‘Katrina shut down most of US production in the Gulf of Mexico
2. stopped offloading of imports at the only port that can handle supertankers
3. and curtailed output at nearly two dozen refineries.’
4. ‘Severe weather has sunk more than 200 supertankers and container ships exceeding 200 metres in length during the last two decades.’
5. ‘More modest waves are to be found in Texas
6. where surfers ride in the wake of supertankers
7. and Wisconsin
8. where a spot on Lake Michigan is just turbulent enough to attract otherwise landlocked enthusiasts.’
9. ‘A few guys ride the wakes of supertankers in Texas
10. and a father and son travel to Vietnam
11. only to find that the best in surfing is secondary to meeting their fellow surfers wherever they find them.’
12. ‘On March 24
13. 1989
14. a 900-foot long supertanker ran aground in well-marked waters and spilled 11 million gallons of crude oil.’
15. ‘It is one of the busiest shipping areas in the world
16. where every type of vessel
17. from vast supertankers to small dhows
18. go about their business.’
19. ‘At night she got up hourly to look out for supertankers.’
20. ‘He explained that the evaluation followed the recent controversial sale of its supertankers
21. and other complicated problems such as the oil subsidy
22. restructuring efforts and the lack of transparency.’
23. ‘Several vessels have grounded on mud banks
24. and unpiloted vessels are also giving cause for concern
25. with supertankers and large ships being allowed to go to anchorages without a pilot.’
26. ‘With supertankers carrying tens of millions of barrels of oil each day through sea lanes in the area
27. the task force runs continuing exercises to practice safeguarding them.’
28. ‘Once a major fishing port
29. it is now dominated by oil refineries
30. developed for supertankers.’
31. ‘The LOOP is the only US port capable of handling supertankers
32. and handles 12% of all US oil imports.’
33. ‘A supertanker
34. bulldozing down right behind us
35. blasted her bullhorn and sent us hightailing it back toward the shoreline.’
36. ‘The supertankers filled to the brim with crude set sail without the captain having the slightest idea of its final destination.’
37. ‘That's the world's second-busiest waterway and a vital trans-Pacific route for supertankers.’
38. ‘The only exception being today's oil supertankers
39. which were not designed to travel through the canal (and are nearly 50 feet too wide to fit inside the locks).’
40. ‘Like supertankers
41. they cannot change direction quickly.’
42. ‘There are all sorts of vessels
43. from aircraft carriers through to supertankers and submarines; do we know how much of an environmental risk they each pose?’
44. ‘With the support of international trade agreements
45. these companies are setting their sights on the mass transport of water by pipeline and supertanker.’