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  • 27 oil tankers with nowhere to unload parked off Californian coast

    24 April 2020
    Vessels

    There are 27 oil tanker vessels with more than 20 million barrels of crude anchored off the coast of Southern California, waiting to offload their cargoes as coronavirus pandemic shatters demand for oil. “Due to the unique nature of this situation, the U.S. Coast Guard is constantly evaluating and adapting our procedures to ensure the […]

  • IMB: Coastal Tanker Hijacked Every 2 Weeks in SE Asia

    21 April 2015

    A small coastal tanker is hijacked by pirates in South East Asia every two weeks on average, a report from the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has revealed. South East Asia accounts for 55% of the world’s 54 piracy and armed robbery incidents since the start of 2015. After a steady […]

  • Missing Tanker Found After Nine Days, Crew Alive and Well

    27 August 2018

    The Panama-flagged tanker Pantelena, which went missing on August 14, has been found.

  • SCI Buys Oil Tanker Ordered by Irano Hind Joint Venture

    10 October 2012

    After the South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industry (HHI) refused to deliver an oil tanker to Irano Hind Shipping Company (IHSC), its minority partner in joint venture, Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), decided to buy the vessel, The Hindu Business Line reports. The main reason of delivery refusal are sanctions against Iran for the Persian […]

  • Wärtsilä scores support deals for eight Teekay LNG tankers

    24 November 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has signed LNG Support Agreements for eight LNG Carrier vessels owned by Teekay Gas.

  • BP readies oil tanker spree after Alaska outage

    9 August 2006

    BP is scrambling to move oil from across the world to make up for lost production at its Prodhoe Bay oilfield in Alaska, shipping industry sources and brokers said on Wednesday. On Tuesday half of the field’s output, some 200,000 barrels per day, was shut-in. London Brent crude oil prices hit a record on Tuesday […]

  • Chile: Quintero terminal received 25 LNG tankers in H1

    14 July 2015

    Chile’s Quintero LNG import terminal has received 25 carriers in the first half of 2015, up by four vessels as compared to the same period a year before. GNL Quintero, the operator of the LNG receiving facility, said the terminal delivered 1.904 billion cubic meters of natural gas to Chile’s grid, a rise of 16.8 percent […]

  • GE Wins Propulsion Order for 4 LNG Tankers, Korea

    10 September 2013
    Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Induction-based electric propulsion motor technology from GE’s Power Conversion business will be used to power four new LNG carriers that Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries will build for Maran Gas Maritime, the gas shipping unit of the Angelicoussis Shipping Group. Contracts for the propulsion systems were signed in late May. Hyundai Heavy Industries will deliver […]

  • Tankers Facing Pressure amid Nigerian Oil Export Disruptions

    23 May 2016

    Both Suezmax and VLCC markets could be hit by downward pressure from sustained outages of Nigerian crude oil, resulting from attacks on oil infrastructure by rebel fighters in the Niger River Delta, according to energy and ship brokerage Poten & Partners. Africa’s largest oil producer has seen its crude oil production and exports slashed as a result of the […]

  • STX O&S Wins New Tankers Order from Greece

    5 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    STX Offshore & Shipbuilding (STX O&S), a South Korean shipbuilder has won an order for three 51,000DWT tankers from a Greek shipowner. The ordered ships are to be equipped with G-type engine, a model for next-generation mid-size tankers which is low in fuel consumption and more eco-friendly, and can load 5% more cargo as compared […]

  • Russia: Oka Shipyard Cuts Steel for Ninth Tanker of Project RST27

    22 August 2012

    Under the order of “V.F.Tanker” Shipping Company, Oka Shipyard started cutting metal for the ninth tanker of Project RST27 series (Volgo-Don Max type) “VF Tanker – 19” with sea/river deadweight of 7030/5428 tons (building No. 02709). Base sections were laid for hulls No. 6 (in May) and No. 7 (in July). Constructions are under assemblage. The […]

  • Navios Acquisition Extends Charter Contracts for Six LR1 Product Tankers

    23 September 2013
    Business & Finance

      Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation, an owner and operator of tanker vessels, announced today that it has agreed to extend the existing charters on the LR1 Product Tankers Nave Atropos, Nave Rigel and Nave Ariadne for an additional 18 month period. Currently, these three vessels are on charter for $11,850 net per day plus 50% […]

  • Furetank and Algoma order 4 dual-fuel product tankers for their JV

    16 August 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Green Marine, Vessels

    Swedish Furetank AB and Canadian Algoma Central Corporation are entering into a joint venture agreement to build four dual-fuel product tankers intended to trade in Northern Europe. Each company will own 50% of the joint venture, which will be named FureBear. The vessels will be constructed at China Merchants Jinling Shipyard in Yangzhou, China, with delivery expected […]

  • Ship Finance Adds LR2 Newbuild Pair, Sells Tanker Oldies

    31 August 2017
    Business & Finance

    John Fredriksen’s Ship Finance International took delivery of two 114,000 DWT LR2 newbuilding product tankers in August 2017. Both vessels, SFL Sabine and SFL Trinity, commenced their respective seven year time charters to Phillips 66 immediately upon delivery, with options for the charterer to extend the period up to 12 years. The duo was built by […]

  • Advanced Polymer Coatings strikes deal for Proman Stena Bulk’s tanker duo

    7 December 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Vessels

    USA-based manufacturer Advanced Polymer Coatings (APC) is expanding its work in China after landing a new deal to supply its MarineLINE tank coating system on two new ships being built for Proman Stena Bulk.

  • Russia to Send Venezuela 10 Oil Tankers Worth $700 Million

    23 September 2010

    Russia will send Venezuela 10 Aframax crude oil tankers valued at $700 million, state-owned United Shipbuilding Company said.

  • Kunlun Unit Converts Crude Oil Tankers to Run on LNG, China

    26 September 2012
    Vessels

    Sichuan Chuangang Gas, of which Kunlun Energy is the holding company, collaborated with the Nanchong Transportation Department of Chuan Zhong Oil-Gas-Mining of South-West Oil and Gas filed on the modification work of LNG vehicles. Two diesel powered crude oil tankers went through modification process to be successfully powered by LNG as single fuel. It took […]

  • Damen Shipyards Bergum delivers new bunker tanker for CFT Location in Le Havre

    22 January 2006

    The mts. Mistral was delivered to owners on 17 December 2005 after a building period of approx 20 months. The newly designed vessel is a respond of the demand for modern bunker vessels in seaports in Europe.

  • Vietnam: Police Investigates Vung Tau Container Tanker Collision and Sinking

    12 April 2012

      As informed by the Tuoitrenews, the Investigation Police Department of Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province is undertaking activities to get to the bottom of events that caused the collision of the Truong Hai Star, a Vietnamese container tanker and the Thai-flagged ship, Krairatch Dignity on April 9. The collision tore the tanker open between its […]

  • Croatia: 3. Maj Shipyard Launches Second Vessel for Wisby Tankers

    1 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    At a ceremony held on June 30 2012, a newbuild tanker was launched from 3. Maj Shipyard’s Slipway No. 2. This is the second vessel in a series of four tankers the shipbuilder 3. Maj has constructed for the Swedish company WISBY TANKERS. The tanker, designed to carry concrete, oil and chemicals, is 133 meters […]

  • VIDEO: Fuelling Tanker Prevented from Sinking off UK Coast

    31 August 2015

    A 24-metre fuelling vessel Erin Wood collided with a 4,155 dwt Cyprus-registered cargo vessel Daroja on Saturday evening, August 29, some two miles off Peterhead, the UK’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency informed. At 5.10pm Aberdeen Coastguard received a Mayday call from the Erin Wood with two crew on board, which had taken on water following the collision. […]

  • Teekay Surges to Profit

    6 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    NYSE-listed Teekay Corporation reported USD 215.3 million net income for the quarter ended June 30, 2015, vastly improving its results compared to USD 15.5 million net loss the Bermuda-headquartered company recorded in 2QFY2014. These results include the company’s three publicly-listed subsidiaries: Teekay Offshore Partners, Teekay LNG Partners, and Teekay Tankers. The company’s revenue increased to USD 592.8 million for […]

  • Union Maritime to fit BAR Technologies’ WindWings on LR2 tanker duo

    13 March 2024
    Equipment, Vessels

    UK shipping company Union Maritime has decided to install WindWings, developed by compatriot design and engineering firm BAR Technologies, on two tankers being built by Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS) in China.

  • USCG Medevacs Two Crew from Tanker off Port Arthur

    22 December 2016
    Business & Finance

    Two crewmembers were medevaced from the 2007-built crude oil tanker United Ambassador after they were struck by a pressurized object and suffered injuries aboard the vessel some 20 miles off the coast of Port Arthur, Texas. The United States Coast Guard (USCG) informed that one of the crew, a 24-year-old man, was struck in the head by a pressurized […]

  • GSI delivers Shell-backed LNG-fueled tanker Proteus Philippa

    22 September 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Vessels

     Guangzhou Shipbuilding International, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, has delivered a 110,000 dwt LNG dual-fuel crude oil/product tanker to the Bank of Communications Financial Leasing (BoComm FL) from China. The official delivery signing ceremony was held on 15 September in an online setting, attended by the shipowners’ construction supervision team and the business […]