Oil tanker
Ship that carries petroleum
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🏷️ Keywords
Venezuela (2) · Oil Tanker (2) · Indian Ocean (2) · U.S. Military (1) · Nicolás Maduro (1) · Maritime Security (1) · Sanctions Enforcement (1) · US Coast Guard (1) · Sanctions (1) · Maritime Quarantine (1) · Petroleum (1)
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An oil tanker, also known as a petroleum tanker, is a ship designed for the bulk transport of oil or its products. There are two basic types of oil tankers: crude tankers and product tankers. Crude tankers move large quantities of unrefined crude oil from its point of extraction to refineries.
📰 Related News (2)
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🇺🇸 U.S. military boards sanctioned oil tanker after pursuit from Caribbean to Indian Ocean
Following the U.S. raid to apprehend then-President Nicolás Maduro in early January, several sanctioned tankers fled the Venezuelan coast, including t...
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🇺🇸 US boards tanker in Indian Ocean it 'tracked and hunted' from Caribbean
The US defended its actions, saying the ship defied a quarantine it has placed on oil tankers leaving Venezuela....
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