what does "600,000-gallon" modify?
it seized a 600,000-gallon Gulfport oil tank and dumped it 3 1/2 miles away.
does it mean the oil tank has the capacity of 600,000-gallon oil OR the tank now has 600,000-gallon oil inside? btw, Gulfport here means the city of Gulfport? it would be better if some one could translate the sentence in Chinese.

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what does "600,000-gallon" modify?
it seized a 600,000-gallon Gulfport oil tank and dumped it 3 1/2 miles away.
does it mean the oil tank has the capacity of 600,000-gallon oil OR the tank now has 600,000-gallon oil inside?  btw, Gulfport here means the city of Gulfport? it would be better if some one could translate the sentence in Chinese.

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600,000-gallon is the capacity of the oil tank. It is unclear whether it is currently filled with that amount of oil or not.

Gulfport is most likely specifying the location of the oil tank to Gulfport, Mississippi. It's unlikely that it's an actual company named Gulfport who manufactures the oil tank.

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Gulfport oil tank

It modifies the "oil tank"

The oil tank is made by company Gulfport.

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