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supertanker

[ soo-per-tang-ker ]

noun

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


supertanker

/ ˈsuːpəˌtæŋkə /

noun

  1. a large fast tanker of more than 275 000 tons capacity
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Also, it was uncertain whether there was much of a market for gas that would be piped 229 miles through Oregon to supertankers docked at a high-tech facility in the fishing town of Coos Bay.

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