Look up tanker in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tanker may refer to: Tanker, a tank crewman (US) Tanker (ship), a ship designed to carry bulk liquids...
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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:...
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tankship include the oil tanker (or petroleum tanker), the chemical tanker, cargo ships, and a gas carrier. Tankers also carry commodities such as vegetable...
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List of tank truck explosions (redirect from Ibadon tanker truck explosion)
the Truck Tanker Explosion in Ecatepec] Castillo, Mariano (7 May 2013). "20 dead in Mexico tanker blast". CNN. Retrieved 7 May 2013. "Gas tanker truck explodes...
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Airbus A330 MRTT (redirect from A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport)
The Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) is a European aerial refuelling and military transport aircraft based on the civilian Airbus A330. A...
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Tank truck (redirect from Tanker truck)
A tank truck, gas truck, fuel truck, or tanker truck (American English) or tanker (British English) is a motor vehicle designed to carry liquids or gases...
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Michael Tanker (25 September 1941 – 28 February 2003) was a Trinidad and Tobago musician and composer. Born in Woodbrook, Port of Spain, Tanker was considered...
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Aerial refueling (redirect from Tanker (aircraft))
tanking, is the process of transferring aviation fuel from one aircraft (the tanker) to another (the receiver) while both aircraft are in flight. The two main...
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In aviation, tankering is the practice of loading more fuel than necessary for a trip, to take advantage of lower fuel prices at the airport of origin...
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airliner. In February 2011, the tanker was selected by the United States Air Force (USAF) as the winner in the KC-X tanker competition to replace older Boeing...
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A chemical tanker is a type of tanker ship designed to transport chemicals in bulk. As defined in MARPOL Annex II, chemical tanker means a ship constructed...
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Replenishment oiler (redirect from Fleet tanker)
A replenishment oiler or replenishment tanker is a naval auxiliary ship with fuel tanks and dry cargo holds which can supply both fuel and dry stores during...
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This is a list of tanker aircraft used for aerial refuelling of another aircraft whilst in powered flight. Looped hose The first commercial method employed...
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A shuttle tanker is a ship designed for oil transport from an off-shore oil field as an alternative to constructing oil pipelines. It is equipped with...
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The T3 tanker, or T3, are a class of seaworthy large tanker ships produced in the United States and used to transport fuel oil, gasoline or diesel before...
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The Eddy-class coastal tankers were Royal Fleet Auxiliary Replenishment oilers built from 1951–1953 tasked with transporting and providing fuel and other...
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The DC-10 Air Tanker is a series of American wide-body jet air tankers, which have been in service as an aerial firefighting unit since 2006. The aircraft...
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Aframax (redirect from Aframax tanker)
oil tanker with a deadweight between 80,000 and 120,000 metric tonnes. The term is based on the Average Freight Rate Assessment (AFRA), a tanker rate...
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Tanker Brewery is an Estonian brewery founded in Tallinn in 2014. The brewery's best-selling product is Sauna Session, a beer flavoured with birch whisks...
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Tanker boots are military boots closely associated with soldiers who serve on tanks. The tanker boot was "designed by Dehner's own H. E. Ketzler and General...
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Aerial firefighting (redirect from Air tankers)
aircraft (and methods) used in aerial firefighting. The terms airtanker or air tanker generally refer to fixed-wing aircraft based in the United States; "airtanker"...
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A bowser is a tanker of various kinds, named for Sylvanus Bowser who is credited with inventing the automobile fuel pump. The term bowser is used by water...
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Boeing KC-767 (redirect from 767 Tanker-Transport)
KC-767 is a military aerial refueling tanker and transport aircraft developed from the Boeing 767-200ER. The tanker received the designation KC-767A, after...
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The Tanker War, part of the larger Iran–Iraq War, was a series of military attacks by Iran and Iraq against merchant vessels in the Persian Gulf and Strait...
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747 Supertanker (redirect from Evergreen Tanker)
was based on a 747-200 (N470EV, tanker/tail number 947), but never entered service. The second Supertanker (N479EV, tanker/tail number 979) was based on...
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T2 tanker, or T2, was a class of oil tanker constructed and produced in large numbers in the United States during World War II. Only the T3 tankers were...
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St Nikolas (ship) (redirect from Seizure of Suez Rajan oil tanker)
The oil tanker St Nikolas (formerly Suez Rajan) has been involved in two geopolitically prominent seizures, by the United States and Iran. In April 2023...
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The Alaska-class oil tanker is a class of VLCC tankers built by National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego. The tankers are double-hulled as mandated...
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This is a list of tankers. The list includes merchant tankers as well as naval tankers that do not fall into more specialized lists such as List of replenishment...
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Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker (category 1950s United States military tanker aircraft)
The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker is an American military aerial refueling tanker aircraft that was developed from the Boeing 367-80 prototype, alongside...
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