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  • Jakarta: Pertamina to Buy 15 Tankers for Fuel Distributing

    23 January 2012

    State oil and gas company Pertamina plans to buy 15 tanker ships in the next two years to help it distribute refined fuel and liquefied natural gas across Indonesia’s more than 17,000 islands, a company official said on Friday. Mochamad Harun, a spokesman for Pertamina, said that the company would buy the tankers at a […]

  • Three LNG Tankers Most Sustainable Ships in 2013

    10 February 2014

    According to the Environmental Ship Index (ESI) the Olympus, a product tanker of the Swedish shipping company Sirius Rederi, is the most sustainable ship to arrive in the port of Rotterdam in 2013. The tanker scored highly on this index of 2354 ships on a worldwide level as well. There the ship occupies fourth position […]

  • Belgium: LNG Tanker Due at Zeebrugge April 15

    12 April 2012
    Vessels

    Belgium’s Zeebrugge liquefied natural gas terminal is expected to receive a cargo of LNG onboard the British Merchant, a 138,000 cbm tanker, on April 15, according to port data. Fluxys, the operator of the terminal, recently said that it has unloaded 70 carriers at the Zeebrugge LNG terminal in 2011. The Zeebrugge terminal has an annual throughput […]

  • Tanker collision off Texas spills fuel into Gulf

    22 October 2009

    A crude oil tanker collided with a service vessel in the Gulf of Mexico near Texas, spilling 18,000 gallons (68,140 litres) of the tanker’s fuel but none of its cargo, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Wednesday. The accident occurred in rough seas late Tuesday after the tanker finished receiving crude oil from a supertanker […]

  • Mozah LNG tanker due at South Hook this week

    6 October 2014
    Vessels

    One of the world’s largest LNG tankers in the world, the 266,000 cbm Mozah, is scheduled to arrive at the UK’s South Hook import terminal this week. The vessel, with a Qatar-sourced LNG cargo, is expected to arrive at one of Europe’s biggest LNG receiving terminals on October 12, port data shows. This is the […]

  • Belgium: LNG Tanker Due at Zeebrugge Dec 21

    9 December 2013
    Vessels

    The Al Jassasiya LNG tanker, with a capacity of 145,800 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the Zeebrugge liquefied natural gas terminal from Qatar on December 21, according to the Port of Zeebrugge website. Fluxys of Belgium, the operator of the LNG terminal, said that in the first nine months of 2013, 28 carriers […]

  • Liberia wraps up Kerala tanker hijacking investigation

    29 May 2014

    The Liberian Registry has concluded its investigation into the pirate-hijacking of the product tanker Kerala off Luanda, Angola, on 18 January 2014. The Liberian investigation is based on evidence gathered by an INTERPOL-led multinational Incident Response Team as well as findings of its own investigative efforts. The Liberian Administration is currently in the process of […]

  • Top Ships Secures Funds for Sixth MR Tanker

    4 August 2016
    Business & Finance

    Greece-based tanker owner and operator Top Ships has secured financing for the company’s sixth and final newbuilding vessel, the 50,000 dwt fuel efficient “ECO” MR product tanker, M/T Nord Valiant. Namely, the company said that it entered into a senior secured facility with an undisclosed northern European bank, however, no further details on the deal were revealed. Nord Valiant, currently […]

  • Hyundai Heavy to Build Two Tankers for Enterprises Shipping

    29 August 2016
    Business & Finance

    Greece-based shipping company Enterprises Shipping and Trading has placed an order for two 158,000 dwt tankers with South Korea’s shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries, data published by VesselsValue shows. Although the price of the vessels was not disclosed, VesselsValue said that the market value of each of the ships stands at USD 58 million. Scheduled to join their owner in […]

  • Naming Ceremony for Ardmore’s New Tankers (South Korea)

    13 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    Chemical and product tanker specialist Ardmore Shipping has named the two newest vessels to join its fleet, the Ardmore Seavaliant and the Ardmore Seaventure. The naming ceremonies for the two newbuild vessels took place at SPP Shipbuilding in South Korea, prior to the Ardmore Seavaliant being immediately delivered to Cargill on a 12-month time charter […]

  • Sovcomflot Charters Two LNG Tankers to Shell, Russia

    22 June 2012
    Project & Tenders, Vessels

    At the XVI St. Petersburg International Economic Forum Russia’s Sovcomflot, the world’s largest operator of ice class vessels, signed an agreement to provide Shell will the use of two modern LNG carriers on the basis of a long-term time charter. The agreement was concluded following a tender process, which resulted in Shell International Trading and […]

  • 124 Oil Tankers to Join Global Fleet in 2014

    29 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    Some 124 vessels are expected to enter the oil tanker trading fleet in 2014, while 60 tankers were forecast to be sold for demolition or conversion, according to the latest report by McQuilling Partners.  Through 3Q 2014, based on the forecast, 93 vessels should have delivered to the fleet and 60 tankers should have exited the […]

  • Drewry: Crude Tanker Market to See Recovery in 2020

    10 May 2017
    Business & Finance

    Recovery in the crude tanker shipping market is not expected until 2020 as weak trade growth and a bloated orderbook limit any rate recovery, shipping consultancy Drewry said. The timing of recovery will depend on the extent of scrapping activity, is expected to gather momentum towards the end of 2017, once the International Maritime Organization’s […]

  • TEN Sends New Aframax Tanker to Work for Statoil

    22 June 2016
    Business & Finance

    Greek tanker owner and operator Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited (TEN) has taken delivery of the Aframax tanker Elias Tsakos, which is part of the 15-vessel newbuilding program and the first of the nine assigned to work for oil and gas major Statoil on a long-term contract. The 112,700 dwt vessel was delivered from Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries […]

  • KNOP Closes Tanker Dropdown, Extends One Charter

    14 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    KNOT Offshore Partners LP (KNOP) has agreed to buy one tanker from Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers AS (KNOT), and to extend the charter of another tanker currently serving Repsol Sinopec Brasil.  KNOP’s wholly owned subsidiary, KNOT Shuttle Tankers AS, has entered into a share purchase agreement to acquire Knutsen NYK Shuttle Tankers 16 AS, the company […]

  • More big tankers will mean lower profits for shipping

    1 February 2006

    The abundance of big tankers, the so-called very large crude carriers (VLCCs) of some 300,000 deadweight tons, makes several analysts express reservations about the projected revenues of the category this year.

  • Spotted: Stena Bulk Names 9th MR Tanker

    11 January 2017
    Business & Finance

    Swedish tanker shipping company Stena Bulk has held a naming ceremony for the Stena Immaculate, the ninth of a total of 13 IMOIIMAX MR tankers at Guangzhou Shipbuilding International (GSI) shipyard in China. The 50,000 dwt vessel, which will be delivered from GSI within the next few days, will sail from Papua New Guinea to Europe on its […]

  • LNG Tanker Due at UK South Hook This Week

    24 February 2014
    Vessels

    UK’s South Hook liquefied natural gas terminal is expected to receive a cargo of LNG on March 2, port data reveals. The Lijmiliya LNG tanker, with a capacity of 263,oo0 cbm, is transporting the cargo from Ras Laffan, Qatar. The South Hook terminal can process 15.6 million tonnes of LNG a year and is capable […]

  • KNOT Offshore Partners taking over Lena Knutsen shuttle tanker

    11 August 2017

    KNOT Offshore Partners is set to expand its fleet with the recently built Lena Knutsen shuttle tanker. During the second quarter, the company entered into a share purchase agreement with Knutsen NYK to acquire the company that owns the Lena Knutsen. Built by Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea in June of 2017, the Lena Knutsen […]

  • Qatar: Green Award Certifies First LNG Tanker

    19 October 2011
    Vessels

    On 14th October 2011, the Green Award Foundation marked the occasion, for the first time in its 18 year history, it has a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) carrier on its list of certified ships. The LNG ship “DUKHAN” is chartered by Qatargas, the world’s largest LNG producing company. In recognition of this milestone the Green […]

  • Spotted: New Bitumen Tanker Joins Thome Group

    13 February 2018
    Business & Finance

    Ship manager Thome Group welcomes to its fleet Star River, a bitumen tanker newbuild.

  • Belgium: LNG Tanker Due at Zeebrugge November 5

    22 October 2012
    Vessels

    The Al Jassasiya LNG tanker, with a capacity of 145,800 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the Zeebrugge liquefied natural gas terminal from Qatar on November 5, according to the Port of Zeebrugge website. The Zeebrugge LNG terminal is situated on a 30ha site in the outer port of Zeebrugge, Belgium. It is operated […]

  • G E Shipping to Acquire Two Aframax Tankers

    9 November 2016
    Business & Finance

    Mumbai-based Great Eastern Shipping Company (G E Shipping) has inked a contract to buy two Aframax crude carriers of about 105,000 dwt each.  The vessels are expected to join the company’s fleet by the fourth quarter of the 2017 fiscal year, G E Shipping said. The two tankers, the Phoenix Beacon and Phoenix Concord, were built […]

  • Concordia Maritime Inks Charter for P-MAX Tanker

    29 June 2017
    Business & Finance

    Swedish tanker shipping company Concordia Maritime has signed a contract to charter out its P-MAX tanker Stena Paris to an unnamed party, described as “one of the world’s largest oil and gas companies.” The contract is for one year, with an option for a further year, and runs from July 2017 to July 2018, Concordia Maritime said. […]

  • Russia’s Sovcomflot orders three LNG-powered tankers

    3 January 2019
    Vessels

    Russian shipping company Sovcomflot said it placed an order on December 28 at compatriot Zvezda shipbuilding complex for construction of three new generation product carriers that use liquefied natural gas (LNG) as their primary fuel. Three MR-class vessels will have a deadweight (DWT) of 51,000 tonnes each. They will transport petroleum products and gas condensate […]