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Business & Finance, Environment, Transition, Vessels
Maersk Pelican, the world’s first product tanker testing the use of wind propulsion technology, has been sold and delivered to its new owner, Maersk Tankers said. Data from VesselsValue shows that the LR2 tanker has been sold to Buana Lintas Lautan, an oil and gas company from Indonesia, for an undisclosed price. The 13-year old, […]
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Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) informed its newly built tanker LNG Rosenrot has started serving its contract with Uniper.
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The first of two Donsötank Rederi’s LNG-fueled product and chemical tankers was launched by the Wuhu Shipyard in China.
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Environment, Innovation, Safety, Transition, Vessels
Stolt Tankers has been commissioned by chemicals company BASF to help design and build a new tanker that can operate at extreme low water levels in the river Rhine. The ship will be built by Mercurius Shipping Group and after scheduled delivery in 2022, Stolt Tankers will operate it exclusively for BASF. The Rhine is […]
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The Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex in the Russian Far East has cut the first steel for a new Arc7 ice-class LNG tanker for the Arctic LNG 2 project.
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Collaboration, Environment, Innovation, Transition, Vessels
China-based Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) has held a steel cutting ceremony for the IMOIIMeMAX methanol-fuelled Stena Pro Patria, which is due for delivery in early 2022. The 49,900 dwt Stena Pro Patria will be the first of the three methanol vessels to be built by the joint venture between Swedish Stena Bulk and the Swiss-based Proman […]
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Business & Finance, Business developments & projects, Infrastructure, Vessels
Tanker owner and operator Scorpio Tankers has decided to sell and lease back three MR product tankers and one LR2 product tanker to China’s AVIC International Leasing.
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Business developments & projects, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels
Qatargas Operating Company (Qatargas) has completed the first-ever commercial ship-to-ship (STS) transfer of LNG cargo involving a Q-Flex LNG vessel.
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Authorities & Government, Human Capital, Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics, Safety, Vessels
Singapore has put the bunker tanker New Ocean 6, operated by Palmstone Tankers & Trdg Pte Ltd, under quarantine and banned it from operating until further notice, Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) of Singapore said. The move is being made after nine crew members on board the bunker tanker tested positive for COVID-19 on December […]
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AET, a petroleum logistics unit of Malaysian energy logistics group MISC Berhad, has taken delivery of Eagle Pilar, a new Suezmax second-generation dynamic positioning (DP2) shuttle tanker built at Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) shipyard in South Korea.
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Authorities & Government, Regulation & policy, Vessels
Iran has seized a South Korean chemical tanker Hankuk Chemi citing oil pollution in the Persian Gulf. The tanker was reportedly underway to Fujairah, in the UAE, from the Saudi city of Al-Jubail on Monday when it got detained. The Iranian Foreign Ministry said the reason behind the detainment was strictly technical and that the […]
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Qatar’s Nakilat, the world’s largest LNG shipper, has taken delivery of a newbuild LNG carrier, Global Star.
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Collaboration, Environment, Innovation, Research & Development, Rules & Regulation, Transition, Vessels
Grieg Edge, an innovation hub established by Grieg Star Group, and Wärtsilä Norway have secured financial support for their project to build the world’s first green ammonia fueled tanker – to ship green ammonia. Specifically, the MS Green Ammonia project will receive NOK 46.3 million from the Norwegian funding scheme Pilot-E confirmed. The partnership aims […]
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Business & Finance, Business developments & projects, Vessels
Shuttle tanker operator KNOT Offshore Partners has agreed to acquire a company that owns the shuttle tanker Tove Knutsen.
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Business developments & projects, Vessels
Denmark-based tanker owner and operator Maersk Tankers has increased its managed fleet by more than 20% so far this year following the latest deal signed with Xihe Holdings (Xihe), the 60% holding company for Singapore’s tanker ship owner Xihe Group of Companies.
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Human Capital, Safety, Vessels
A chemical tanker identified as MT New Ranger was boarded earlier today, some 160 nautical miles South West of Brass, Nigeria, marking the third time for the vessel to be boarded in a single month. According to Dryad Global, the incident has concluded, with vessel and crew reported safe. The vessel was reportedly boarded on […]
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Ports & Logistics, Safety, Vessels
A Singapore-flagged LR1 Product tanker has been hit from ‘an external source’ whilst discharging at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on 14 December 2020, causing an explosion and subsequent fire onboard.
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Business developments & projects, Collaboration, Environment, Infrastructure, Innovation, Technology, Transition, Vessels
A coalition of four players promoting sustainable shipping have collaborated on a joint industry project to enable product tanker charterers and shipowners to use methanol as fuel regardless of the cargo carried.
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Denmark-based tanker owner Maersk Product Tankers has entered into an agreement with China Development Bank Financial Leasing (CDBL) for the sale of fourteen product tankers.
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Authorities & Government, Human Capital, Operations & Maintenance, Safety, Vessels
A search is underway for a 27-year-old male crew member who fell overboard from the Handy tanker vessel Sagami in the Gulf of Mexico. The US Coast Guard said that the search was underway approximately 29 miles offshore Sabine Pass, Texas, since Wednesday evening. The individual was last seen wearing an orange life jacket and coveralls with reflective […]
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French LNG containment specialist GTT has been contracted to design tanks for six Arc7 ice-class LNG carriers.
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Business & Finance, Business developments & projects, Infrastructure, Vessels
Celsius Tankers, a unit of the Copenhagen-based Celsius Shipping, has found work for its newbuild trio of ultra-eco LNG carriers.
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Business developments & projects, Infrastructure, Vessels
South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has won an order for a liquefied natural gas carrier.
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Business developments & projects, Vessels
French transportation company Sogestran Group has agreed to acquire a majority stake in De Poli Tankers, an integrated chemical tanker company based in Barendrecht, the Netherlands.
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Infrastructure, Safety, Vessels
A Malta-flagged tanker sustained damages following a mine explosion in the Red Sea, about 125 miles north of Saudi Arabia’s border with Yemen.
