At 27 he bought a small surplus oil tanker for use in the East Coast trade.
Hoping to float a nuclear-powered tanker by 1961, the Atomic Energy Commission and the Maritime Administration last week awarded design-study contracts totaling $400,000 to General .
An air tanker drops fire retardant on brush, August 31, 2009, near Acton, California.
Tanker crash continues to block Highway 225 as crews burn off propane LA PORTE, Texas -— It will take until at least early Wednesday afternoon to get Highway 225 reopened following a propane tanker truck crash, La Porte police say. The 18-wheeler fell off the Highway 146 southbound ramp to Highway 225 West around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday. It crashed some 25 feet to the ground , and two men in the cab were taken to area hospitals by Life Flight. The wreck shut down both ...
June 19, 2013 - KHOU 11 Houston
Tanker roll over forces road closure in Medford ARLINGTON, Mass. -- A gasoline tanker trucked rolled over on the Mystic Valley Parkway in Medford near the Arlington town line sending thousands of gallons of fuel right into the Mystic River. Crews threw out booms to contain the spill so that it can be removed.
June 18, 2013 - 7 News Boston
Todd Tiahrt in 940 News We should have an American tanker built by an American company with American workers,said Rep. Todd Tiahrt, R-Kan., who represents the district in Wichita where Boeing would have done much of the tanker work.
Dave Reichert in International Herald Tribune John McCain will be the nominee and I will support him, but if John McCain believes that Airbus or EADS is the company for our Air Force tanker program he's flat-out wrong - and I'll tell him that to his face,said Rep. Dave Reichert, a...