supertanker

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supertanker (plural supertankers)

  1. An extremely large tanker ship.

Usage notes [edit]

According to Wikipedia, an oil tanker must have the deadweight of over 250,000 tons to qualify as supertanker. In oil carrying capacity this means about 2 million barrels.

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