Uniformed soldiers and airmen watched carefully as the bulky, 130,000-pound tank slowly backed onto the ramp at the rear of the airplane. The service members late Thursday morning at Fort Stewart's ...

Driving liquid tankers isn’t dangerous, but it does require some advanced skills. With cargo that’s always moving, drivers need to stay a few steps ahead of the load, expecting and keeping that ...

After formally adopting API Standard 653 for its tank inspection and repair program, Colonial Pipeline Co, Atlanta, Ga., has developed procedures based on risk-management principles to level the load ...

Space shuttle Endeavour’s external tank is fully loaded with more than 500,000 gallons of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen in preparation for today’s 8:56 a.m. EDT launch. Tanking operations began ...