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  • Heavily Loaded Tanker Thwarts Pirate Attack off Nigeria

    8 June 2016
    Business & Finance

    A short period of calm seas in the Gulf of Guinea was interrupted as a group of pirates attempted to board a heavily loaded tanker while it was underway off the coast of Togo. Pirates aboard a mother vessel with two skiffs chased the tanker for some 20 minutes, according to the Maritime Trade and Information Sharing Centre for the […]

  • 10 Rescued from Hijacked Tanker, 2 Remain Captive

    22 February 2016

    Ten Indian crew members were rescued with the assistance of the Nigerian Navy after their vessel was hijacked by pirates on February 11 off Ivory Coast, Africa. According to the Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, the vessel, which was identified as the product tanker Maximus, was carrying 12 crew members, 11 of Indian nationality and one […]

  • SHI Lays Keel for SCF’s Lead Arctic Shuttle Tanker

    28 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. held a keel laying ceremony on October 26, 2015 of the lead 42, 000 dwt Arctic shuttle oil carrier being built for Russian shipping company PAO Sovcomflot. All the 42К Arctic Shuttle tankers in the series of six ships will be named after the famous Russian researchers of […]

  • Saacke supplies gas combustion units for two LNG tankers

    2 September 2014
    Equipment

    SAACKE Marine Systems said it will supply an integrated system consisting of a gas combustion unit (GCU), with a capacity of 3.5 tons per hour, and an SSB-LCG burner for gases with fluctuating heat values for two LNG tankers to be built by Imabari Shipbuilding of Japan. All the GCU components were designed to be […]

  • GSI delivers sixth LNG-fueled tanker to Bocomm Leasing

    16 March 2023
    Vessels

    Guangzhou Shipbuilding International, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, has delivered the fifth LNG dual-fuel crude oil/product tanker to the Bank of Communications Financial Leasing (Bocomm Leasing).

  • China: Zhongxing Engineering to Build Two Oil Tanker Superstructures

    23 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    Recently, Zhongxing Sea-Land Engineering Ltd, a fully owned subsidiary of the COSCO Shipyard Group, entered into a contract with Guangzhou Shipyard International Company (GSI) to build a pair of 115,000-dwt oil tanker superstructures, as well as an LOI (letter of intent) to build two more superstructures for a pair of 308,000-dwt very large crude carriers […]

  • Capital Product Partners, DSS Holdings Create Tanker Leader

    28 November 2018
    Business & Finance

    CPLP is to spin off its crude and product tanker unit and merge it with DSS Holdings’ businesses.

  • Ardmore Adds Second-Hand Product Tanker, Stays in the Red

    1 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    Tanker owner and operator Ardmore Shipping Corporation has agreed to acquire a 2008 Japanese-built product tanker. The acquisition of the 47,500 dwt ship is subject to completion of financing under a lease arrangement, and if successful, the vessel is expected to deliver to Ardmore in December 2017 or January 2018, the company said announcing results for the […]

  • Pyxis Tankers Pushes One-Third of Debt Repayment to 2022

    19 May 2017
    Business & Finance

    Greece-based Pyxis Tankers has reached a preliminary agreement with one its lenders to extend the maturity of the loans related to two of the company’s vessels. Under the agreement, the company will extend USD 25 million of its outstanding debt, which amounts to USD 68.4 million, for an additional four years until September 2022. “Once this amendment […]

  • SHI cuts steel for Celsius Tankers’ fourth LNG newbuild

    10 January 2020

    South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries has cut the first steel for the fourth newbuild LNG carrier being built for the Copenhagen-based Celsius Tankers.

  • TEN Sends New Panamax Tanker on Long-Term Charter

    23 August 2016
    Business & Finance

    Greek tanker owner and operator Tsakos Energy Navigation (TEN) has taken delivery of the Panamax product tanker Sunray from South Korea’s shipbuilder Sungdong. Featuring 74,200 dwt, the vessel will immediately enter a long-term profit sharing contract with an oil major that could generate minimum gross revenues of USD 40.5 million. The contract is for a minimum of 54 and […]

  • First tanker powered by ethane joins Eastern Pacific

    24 May 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vessels

    Singapore-based shipping company Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has taken delivery of STL Yangtze, the first of the company’s six new very large ethane carriers (VLECs).

  • Tanker Captain Pleads Guilty to Pollution Cover Up

    19 February 2016

    A Filipino citizen and the captain of the Liberia-flagged tanker T/V Green Sky, Genaro Anciano, 52, pleaded guilty Thursday to one felony count in federal court in Charleston, South Carolina, for obstructing a U.S. Coast Guard investigation into pollution crimes aboard the vessel. The charge stems from a Coast Guard investigation in late August 2015 into […]

  • Statoil hires AET shuttle tankers on long-term charters

    22 June 2017

    Norwegian oil and gas giant Statoil has awarded a long-term contract to AET for the operation of two offshore loading shuttle tankers (OLSTs). According to Statoil, these new vessels will be in addition to the two AET DP2 ships currently on charter, in the same area, for Statoil. AET is a subsidiary of Malaysian energy shipping […]

  • MSI: Tanker Market Conditions Causing Headaches for Owners

    22 August 2016
    Business & Finance

    Current conditions in the Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) freight market are not entirely attributed to seasonality, according to Maritime Strategies International (MSI), instead, MSI says dynamics reflect lower rates of crude import growth across the year combined with reduced waiting times and much higher deliveries. The impact of much higher fleet growth this year is […]

  • Belgium: LNG Tanker Due at Zeebrugge Oct 24

    18 October 2013
    Vessels

    The Galicia Spirit liquefied natural gas carrier, with a capacity of 140,000 cubic meters, is due to arrive in the Zeebrugge LNG terminal on October 24, according to port data. The liquefied natural gas carrier will load in a re-export cargo and depart from the Zeebrugge terminal to Argentina’s Bahia Blanca terminal on October 26. The Zeebrugge […]

  • Belgium: LNG Tanker Scheduled at Zeebrugge Jan 25

    20 January 2014
    Vessels

    The WilForce liquefied natural gas carrier, with a capacity of 156,000 cubic meters, is due to arrive at the Zeebrugge LNG terminal on January 25, port data reveals. The liquefied natural gas carrier will probably load in a re-export cargo and depart from the Zeebrugge terminal to South Korea’s Incheon terminal on January 27. Fluxys of Belgium, […]

  • Belgium: LNG Tanker Scheduled at Zeebrugge February 26

    11 February 2013
    Vessels

    The Milaha Qatar liquefied natural gas carrier, with a capacity of 145,602 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the Zeebrugge LNG terminal from Qatar on February 26, port data reveals. The Zeebrugge LNG terminal is situated on a 30ha site in the outer port of Zeebrugge, Belgium. It is operated by Fluxys LNG and has […]

  • Belgium: LNG Tanker Scheduled at Zeebrugge on November 11

    31 October 2012
    Vessels

    The Methania liquefied natural gas carrier, with a capacity of 145,702 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the Zeebrugge LNG terminal on November 11, according to port data. The liquefied natural gas carrier will probably load in a re-export cargo and depart from the Zeebrugge terminal on November 13. The Zeebrugge LNG terminal is situated on […]

  • Nigeria LNG Orders Four LNG Tankers from SHI

    22 March 2013
    Vessels

    Nigeria LNG has reportedly placed an order with Samsung Heavy Industries of South Korea for four LNG tankers. Samsung Heavy said the deal was conditional on Nigeria LNG securing finance for the order, Reuters informs. Another South Korean shipbuilder, Hyundai Heavy, is also  in talks with NLNG to build two additional LNG tankers. BNP Paribas […]

  • USA: Aker Philadelphia Shipyard to Build Up to Eight Product Tankers for Crowley

    15 August 2013
    Vessels

    Aker Philadelphia Shipyard ASA announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, Inc., and Crowley Maritime Corporation are expanding the cooperation initiated with the sale and delivery of two product tankers in 2012 and 2013. The expanded partnership includes four new product tankers with deliveries in 2015 and 2016, with the possibility to build four […]

  • Dutch Salvage Firm to Refloat Grounded Tanker off India

    14 November 2019
    Business & Finance

    Dutch Marine Masters was selected to refloat Nu-Shi Nalini, which ran aground off Goa in late October.

  • Samsung Heavy to Build Two LNG Carriers for Celsius Tankers

    17 August 2018
    Business & Finance

    Samsung Heavy secures a contract for the construction of two 180,000 cbm LNG carriers for Celsius Tankers. 

  • USCG Medevacs Crewman from Oil Tanker off Texas

    28 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    A 27-year-old man in need of medical assistance was medevaced from an oil tanker off the coast of Texas on November 27. The United States Coast Guard sent a helicopter to meet the 40,158 dwt tanker Miss Claudia some 13 miles east of Galveston. An Air Station Houston MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew arrived on scene at around […]

  • Seafarer Medevaced from d’Amico Tanker off San Francisco

    8 May 2019

    A USCG helicopter medevaced an injured man from an oil tanker off the coast of San Francisco.