Tanker trucks were more widely used by the 1940s, but oil tanker ships began to dominate the oil transport market as the oil industry expanded and oil was imported from other countries.

Two Russian oil tankers have been badly damaged in the Black Sea, causing an oil spill, authorities in Russia have said. Footage released by Russia's Southern Transport Prosecutor's Office showed ...

Oil from two Russian tankers, which sank and ran aground in the Kerch Strait after a storm in December, has spread 250 kilometres to reach the coast of Sevastopol in Crimea, Moscow-installed ...

HELSINKI, Jan 3 (Reuters) - A Finnish court on Friday denied a request for the release of an oil tanker suspected by police of damaging an undersea power line and four telecommunications cables in ...

Moscow (AFP) – Oil from two ageing and damaged Russian tankers was detected Friday off the coast of Sevastopol, the largest city in Moscow-annexed Crimea, a local official said. The Volgoneft ...

Russia mounted a rescue effort on Sunday after two oil tankers were wrecked in rough seas off Moscow-annexed Crimea, with one spilling oil into the Kerch Strait. At least one person was killed ...

Russian scientists criticised Wednesday the effort to clean up oil that has washed ashore from two oil tankers, saying it lacks sufficient equipment.

A Russian oil tanker carrying thousands of tonnes of oil products split apart during a heavy storm on Sunday, spilling oil into the Kerch Strait, while another tanker was also in distress after ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This photo taken from a video released by the Russian Southern Transport Prosecutor’s Office, shows a ...