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  • Tanker Ablaze after Engine Room Blast off Denmark

    22 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    Liberia-flagged oil/chemicals tanker Alia caught fire in the North Sea off Denmark following an explosion in its engine room on October 20, while the 2003-built tanker was carrying fuel oil from Malta to Gothenburg, Sweden. The crew of the 35,669 dwt tanker called the Danish rescue and support vessel operator Esvagt to assist in putting out the fire. The […]

  • Sonangol acquires oil tanker ship for US$570 million

    28 September 2006

    Angolan state oil company Sonangol plans to buy an oil tanker and production ship for US$570 million to be used in developing the Gimboa oil field in bloc 4 of the country

  • Eco-friendly 159,000 dwt tankers launched at New Times Shipbuilding

    4 October 2024
    Vessels

    Chinese shipbuilder New Times Shipbuilding (NTS) has bid adieu to two eco-friendly 159,000 dwt crude oil tankers as they set sail at the end of September to join Greek shipowner TMS Tankers’ fleet. As informed, the newly launched tankers, which are the third and fourth of four ships previously ordered by TMS, were engineered to […]

  • Tanker Rate Hike from Hurricane Aftermath Short-Lived

    11 September 2017

    The spike in freight rates for product tankers in the aftermath of the Hurricane Harvey is expected to be short-lived. Product tankers saw a 35-40 percent lift in spot rates since the hurricane made landfall on Texas on August 25, shutting down refineries. The tanker industry is taking advantage from the initial uncertainty caused by the […]

  • d’Amico Orders Four Chemical Tankers from Hyundai Mip

    25 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    d’Amico International Shipping S.A., an international marine transportation company, operating in the product tanker market, announced that its operating subsidiary d’Amico Tankers Limited (Ireland) has entered in a shipbuilding contract for the purchase of four additional product chemical tanker vessels (39,000 dwt Handysize) at the price of US$ 31.2 million/each, with Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. […]

  • Video: Naming of Teekay’s First Samba Class Shuttle Tanker

    12 April 2013

    On April 9th, Samsung Heavy Industries organized the naming ceremony for Teekay Offshore’s newbuild shuttle tanker Samba Spirit. Samba Spirit is the first of four newbuild shuttle tankers comprising the Samba Class. The four suezmax-size DP2 shuttle tankers are being constructed by Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea. Upon delivery in mid- to late-2013, the […]

  • 1st of four LNG-powered LR tankers joins Hafnia

    1 February 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vessels

    Singapore-based tanker owner and operator Hafnia has kicked off the year with the delivery of the first of four new dual-fuel LR2 product tankers. Guangzhou Shipbuilding International (GSI), a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, delivered the LNG-powered Hafnia Languedoc at a naming and delivery ceremony held on January 30. The 110,000-ton crude oil-product tanker adopts […]

  • Thun Tankers orders 2nd ‘Not Always Afloat But Safely Aground’ ship

    13 May 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Vessels

    Shipping company Thun Tankers has placed an order for another ‘Not Always Afloat But Safely Aground’ (NAABSA) product tanker that will be able to call tidally restricted niche ports.

  • STX Shipbuilding wins 129.1 bln won tanker order

    10 November 2006

    South Korea’s STX Shipbuilding Co. said Friday it has received an order to build two crude oil tankers for 129.1 billion won (US$138.2 million) for a Greece-based company.

  • LNG Tanker Due at UK South Hook Next Week

    19 June 2012
    Vessels

    The Al Mafyar liquefied natural gas tanker, with a capacity of 266,000 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the UK’s South Hook terminal from Qatar on June 25, according to the Milford Haven Port Authority website. The South Hook terminal can process 15.6 million tonnes of LNG a year and is capable of delivering […]

  • Terntank adds fifth tanker to wind/methanol-ready fleet

    5 July 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Infrastructure, Vessels

    Terntank exercised the option to order the fifth next-generation oil and chemical tanker with wind-assisted propulsion and dual-fuel engine.

  • 6 Injured in a Blast Involving Pilot Boat and LPG Tanker

    17 December 2018

    Six people were injured in an explosion on board a pilot boat anchored next to an LPG tanker Gas Infinity.

  • China: Order of up to Ten Innovative Eco Tankers Confirmed

    4 July 2012

    Stena Bulk and Concordia Maritime confirm an order of up to ten innovative, in-house designed chemical tankers. The ships will be built at Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) in China with deliveries beginning from spring 2014. When delivered, the 50,000-dwt vessels will be the most sophisticated in the Stena Bulk and Concordia Maritime fleet. The value […]

  • European Maritime Finance names four new eco LR2 tankers

    14 January 2025
    Green Marine, Vessels

    European Maritime Finance (EMF), together with Daehan Shipbuilding and Atlas Maritime, has celebrated the name-giving of its latest eco LR2 115,000 DWT tankers.

  • Indian Navy Acquires Fourth Fleet Tanker INS Shakti

    3 October 2011

    Admiral Nirmal Verma, AVSM, PVSM, ADC, Chief of the Naval Staff arrived at Visakhapatnam on a two day visit to Eastern Naval Command on 30 Sept 11. He was the Chief Guest at the Commissioning Ceremony of Indian Navy’s fourth Fleet Tanker Shakti, that took take place on 01 Oct 11, at the Naval Dockyard, […]

  • Malaysia: Fire Onboard MISC Berhad’s Tanker ‘Bunga Alpinia’

    26 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    MISC Berhad (MISC) has confirmed that a fire broke out onboard its 38,000 DWT IMO II chemical/palm oil tanker, Bunga Alpinia at approximately 2.30am (local time) this morning. The vessel was alongside the PETRONAS Chemicals Methanol Sdn Bhd terminal in Labuan when the incident took place. The ship has 29 crew members, of which 23 […]

  • Bermuda: Nordic American Tankers Acquires Its Twentieth Vessel

    5 September 2011
    Business & Finance

    Nordic American Tankers Limited today announced that the Company has agreed to acquire its twentieth vessel, a double-hull suezmax tanker built at Samsung Heavy Industries, Korea. The agreed purchase price is $24.45 million. This first class vessel is expected to be delivered to us no later than October 5, 2011. The acquisition will be financed […]

  • Tanker Bodil Knutsen Gets Charter Extension from Statoil

    15 September 2016
    Business & Finance

    The 2011-built crude oil/shuttle tanker Bodil Knutsen will continue working for Norwegian oil company Statoil ASA for two more years, according to the vessels owner, the UK-based shuttle tanker operator KNOT Offshore Partners. Namely, the parties exercised an option to extend the ship’s time charter contract from May 2017 to May 2019. Additionally, the partnership granted the oil major new […]

  • LPG Tanker Hit Hard in Collision with Boxship off Surabaya

    29 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    The LPG tanker Navigator Aries collided with a container ship Leo Perdana on the night of June 29 near the island of Karang Dzhamuang, 20 miles north of Surabaya, Indonesia, according to the local media. The collision caused a fire on the 2008-built tanker, which was quickly put out. The 23,333 dwt tanker suffered a […]

  • Tanker Hang Yu 11 Refloated after Days of Ordeal

    23 February 2018

    A Panama-flagged oil product tanker Hang Yu 11 refloated after almost three weeks of being grounded.

  • GMS: Tankers to Return to Pakistani Yards from Next Month?

    29 August 2017
    Business & Finance

    Pakistan’s Gadani yards could start receiving tankers, with more stringent requirements, from next month, GMS, a cash buyer of ships for recycling cited market rumors. So far, Pakistan has only been able to focus on dry units, including containers, whilst the embargo on wet units remains in place following accidents on uncleaned FSU and LPG earlier this […]

  • LR approves STX’s LNG-fueled MR tanker design

    13 November 2018
    Vessels

    Lloyd’s Register has granted an approval in principle to STX for a 50,000 dwt MR tanker design capable of using LNG as a fuel. 

  • Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. Acquires Double-Hull Bunkering Tanker

    23 May 2007

    Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. (NYSE: ANW) , an international marine fuel logistics company that markets and physically supplies refined marine fuel and lubricants to ships in port and at sea, announced today that the Company has entered into an agreement to purchase the M/T Nautilus.

  • Fire at tanker in Kaliningrad: firemen speak of a large oil slick

    6 April 2006

    Burning Giovanni tanker in Kaliningrad has supposedly sprang a leak. As a REGNUM correspondent was told by rescuers from the Emergency Ministry, who at this moment continue extinguishing fire at the vessel, a large slick appeared near the tanker.

  • Chinese shipyards gear up to build more LNG tankers

    3 March 2006

    Chinese shipbuilders are gearing up to build liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers as the Government approves more projects to import the fuel, challenging yards in South Korea and Japan.