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supertanker

American

[soo-per-tang-ker] / ˈsu pərˌtæŋ kər /

noun

a tanker with a deadweight capacity of over 75,000 tons.

supertanker British

/ ˈsuːpəˌtæŋkə /

noun

a large fast tanker of more than 275 000 tons capacity

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Etymology

Origin of supertanker

super- + tanker

Example Sentences

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Brokers said a loaded supertanker chartered by Shell that was supposed to cross the Strait of Hormuz had idled, while another was racing through the strait en route to South Korea.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

According to Kpler, the ship that was seized was the Skipper, a supertanker holding more than a million barrels of Venezuelan heavy crude.

From Barron's • Dec. 11, 2025

The United Nations has started a operation to remove 1.1 million barrels of oil from a decaying supertanker moored off Yemen's Red Sea coast.

From BBC • May 31, 2023

The latest supply included the supertanker Nolan, which arrived around mid-March near Antilla, according to a satellite picture obtained by TankerTrackers.com, carrying 1.53 million barrels of Venezulean crude and fuel oil.

From Reuters • Apr. 5, 2023

But in 1982, as oil markets slumped from a glut in oil production, Exxon terminated its supertanker project.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2023

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