petrol tanker
liquid tanker
tank truck AmE

I might as well have tried to put my arms round a railway petrol tanker for the diameter was about the same.

His mother was a builder, while his father drove petrol tankers.

Apart from the initial explosion when the petrol tanker was hit, there were no others big enough to have blown out the fire.

Ellie and Fi steal a petrol tanker from the council depot.

A very commonly displayed example is 3YE on petrol tankers.

The X Factor is like being punched in the face by an exploding petrol tanker for three months at a time.

The only oil on them is the oil you would find in the tanks that fuel them - they are not petrol tankers.

The fire was started when a car in which Alice's own father was passenger collided with a bus and a petrol tanker.

Allegedly, the brigade also planned to drive petrol tankers into the nationalist housing estates and then ignite them.

In British English these would be referred to as a "tanker" or "petrol tanker".

Summit Tunnel was the scene of a major fire in 1984, caused when a freight train hauling petrol tankers derailed.

Called to a petrol tanker detonation, James decides on his own to hunt for the insurgents responsible, guessing they are still in the immediate area.

State-run Radio Nigeria said the attackers set fire to many houses, shops, offices, petrol tankers and a mill.

It became something else entirely, though, when Cracknell was knocked off his bike by a petrol tanker on Route 66.

She kills her spouse Brian, steals a petrol tanker, and drives it into Matt's new school in a desperate attempt to kill him.

The brigade manned the barricades, and brought homemade weapons to the church; among these was a mechanical digger and a petrol tanker.

He continued to live in Bristol for the rest of his life, working as a petrol tanker driver after his retirement from the game in 1964.

On 3 April 1950 a railway fireman was killed and the driver seriously injured when a petrol tanker on a derailed train blew up.

August 29 - 20 people die in a road accident near Yala town as a bus and petrol tanker collide [21].

Despite being lit up like a Christmas tree, I was knocked off my bike by a petrol tanker just outside Winslow in Arizona.

On 12 July 2012, at least 92 people were killed following the crash of a petrol tanker on the main east-west road in Okogbe.

The petrol tanker road crews responded to a man and the dockers in Belfast and Larne equally well.

A gasoline or petrol tanker explodes in the Salang Tunnel in Afghanistan, killing at least 176 people.

Industrial action by petrol tanker and lorry drivers was followed by hospital ancillary staff, ambulance men and dustmen going on strike.

We all remember the disasters involving the petrol tanker Erika in 1999 and the Prestige in 2002, and their tragic ecological, human and economic consequences.

Liquid tanker drivers need special driving skills due to the load balance changing from the liquid movement.

N - Tankers - the driver is acquainted with the unique handling characteristics of liquids tankers.

Sealift shipping falls into three broad categories: dry cargo freighters, liquid tankers, and passenger or troop ships.

Bowser opened branches around the world, and bowser became a generic term for fuel dispensers, then fuel tankers (especially on airfields), then finally for any kind of self-propelled liquid tanker with the ability to dispense direct to consumers.

"We've got to keep the flames away from the tank trucks!"

However, roll over a tank truck on I-91 any morning of the week and we have helicopters out there.

Today, the milk is collected from farmers by tank trucks.

Tank trucks are described by their size or volume capacity.

Tank trucks are also used to fuel aircraft at airports.

Not far away stood three tank trucks of the type used to transport chemicals.

It looked like a tank truck, the sort that carried fuel oil or gasoline.

Drinking water was brought up by tank trucks to designated areas for distribution.

With a bound, he turned toward the tank truck and flung open the two side panels.

He sent me and some others out into the valley to the railroad, to fill up the tank trucks.

He had no intention of missing the tank truck.

The police took it for granted that the tank truck had been loaded with gasoline.

It had been stolen from a tank truck where three men had died.

The Shadow searched outside for some clue to the presence of the tank truck.

In the distance, I could see the spot of light bobbing slowly around the tank truck.

A tank truck involved in the crash exploded, setting seven other vehicles on fire.

It was a theory based on what had happened to the tank truck on Route 90.

Then a huge tank truck halted for a left turn, completely blocking the intersection.

The company was established in 1943 and has about 40 buses and tank trucks.

Large tank trucks are used for example to transport gasoline to filling stations.

"We got a tank truck that looks like it holds ten thousand gallons.

"But they forced me at gunpoint to fill the tank truck.

In addition, the company built tank trucks, fire engines and delivery vans.

But me, I was thinking about tank trucks.

Blowing up tank trucks is way easier than hijacking planes.