Exxon fitted out one of its largest supertankers with custom-made instruments to do ocean research.

埃克森公司在其最大的艘超级油轮上安装了定制的仪器来进行海洋研究。

Navy craft were mobilised to prevent the ship from departing.

并派遣海军舰队阻止油轮的离开。

They are also seeking ways to build stronger fuel tanks for the tanker.

还在设法为油轮制造更加坚固的油箱。

The ship was suspected of carrying Iranian oil to Syria in defiance of EU sanctions.

这艘油轮涉嫌携带伊朗石油到叙利亚，无视了欧盟制裁。

He said that the he was going to turn the ship in a different direction.

他说他将把油轮转向另个方向。

That's the equivalent of an oil tanker balanced on a phone.

这相当于艘油轮在手机上的平均压力。

And tensions with the West rose after Britain seized a tanker carrying Iranian oil.

在英国扣押了艘装载伊朗石油的油轮后，伊朗与西方的紧张关系加剧。

In July Iran seized a British-flagged oil tanker.

7月份，伊朗扣押了艘悬挂英国国旗的油轮。

And Peter, tell us the latest about what happened to these two ships.

彼得，请你介绍下这两艘油轮遇袭的最新情况。

The tanker took on 200, 000 barrels of crude oil.

油轮装载了二十万桶原油。

But the U.S. stepped in and tried to block the ship from sailing.

美国介入了这起事件，并试图阻止该油轮航行。

We've seen a lot of activity there lately with oil tankers.

最近，该地区有很多涉及油轮的事件。

Or it could head back to Iran, according to Samir Madani of the site TankerTrackers.

TankerTrackers网站的萨米尔·马达尼表示，这艘油轮还可能返回伊朗。

The incident came hours after Iran announced it had seized a small foreign tanker.

这起事件发生前几个小时，伊朗宣布扣押了艘小型外国油轮。

The minister said the tanker had illegally sold its oil cargo.

该部长称这艘油轮非法出售了国家的石油货物。

And Persian Gulf officials say 4 oil tankers have been damaged by sabotage.

波斯湾官员说，4艘油轮被蓄意破坏。

Tehran has always denied it was taking oil to Syria in violation of EU sanctions.

德黑兰直否认该油轮违反欧盟制裁向叙利亚运送石油。

A Houthi missile strikes a British-linked oil tanker off the coast of Yemen.

枚胡塞导弹击中了也门海岸附近艘与英国有关联的油轮。

The attacks are the second such incidents carried out against tankers in the past month.

这是在过去两个月内发生的第二起针对油轮的袭击事件。

For days, locals watched as a salvage team worked around the tanker.

几天来，当地人看着个救援小组在油轮周围工作。