The word "tankers" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to large ships that carry liquid cargo such as oil, gas, and chemicals. For example: "The port was busy with tankers coming and going."
The road west of town was lined with signs advertising "fresh water", where tankers can take on a box-car-sized load of water laced with industrial chemicals.
Qatar's record at the security council stems partly from the character of its ruler, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, and partly from the fact that both America and Britain will start importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) by tankers from Qatar in 2008.
It is a non-violent version of the recklessness that makes teenagers in skiffs attempt to board immense tankers.
Authorities sent a Hazmat truck, four fire tankers and several police cars to the embassy in Yarralumla and cordoned off the surrounding area after the letter containing an unknown substance was received.
For instance, having multiple pathways to access water (city supply, water tankers, wells and tanks, grey-water reuse, etc) and back-up energy sources for cooking and boiling water can be extremely valuable to save lives and prevent disease during typhoon recovery.
In May 2007, suicide bombers driving chlorine tankers struck three cities in Anbar province, killing two police officers and forcing about 350 Iraqi civilians and six US troops to seek treatment for gas exposure.
At first Baghdad tried to sue oil traders who sold Kurdish oil this way, but at least 40 tankers have now taken on the stuff at Ceyhan and have sold it on, a lot of it via the Israeli port of Ashqelon.
AQAP has had more success in hitting sites in the region, including embassies and tankers.
Fuel tankers, which feature prominently in many doomsday scenarios, are robustly constructed and do not carry their cargo in volatile forms, for obvious reasons.On the other hand, the pervasiveness of piracy in the area proves that shipping is vulnerable to less apocalyptic assaults.
And the ministry is negotiating the final details of a £13 billion aerial-refuelling contract for the private provision of airborne tankers for jet fighters and bombers on their way to the front line.The attraction is that under PFI deals the state does not have to borrow to pay capital costs at the start.
