Almost immediately, his supertanker headed into some of the choppiest market conditions it has ever known, forcing prices down by almost 10%. Following record profits in 2000, this week Philips ...

The world's largest air tanker, dubbed the Global Supertanker, is finally living up to its name. After an arduous approval process, the massive Boeing 747 firefighting aircraft performed its first ...

SINGAPORE—A supertanker loaded with 270,000 metric tons of crude oil was attacked early Wednesday morning off the coast of Oman, the vessel's manager said. The incident, the second against a ...

A VLCC supertanker typically carries about 2 million barrels of oil, worth about US$118 million at current prices. On July 18, the transponder of the supertanker Latin Venture came to life off ...

As fires rage near Jerusalem, one of the world’s largest firefighting aircraft—the Boeing 747 Supertanker—has been dispatched from Greece to assist Israeli emergency crews battling the blaze.