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  • Stolt Tankers chooses Yara’s propulsion optimisation tech for 7 more ships

    8 September 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Technology, Vessels

    Norwegian tanker operator Stolt Tankers and compatriot technology company Yara Marine Technologies have signed an agreement to equip a further seven tankers with Yara Marine’s FuelOpt propulsion optimisation technology.

  • Qatar: Ras Laffan Loads Record Number of LNG Tankers in 2011

    2 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    A record number of LNG tankers have loaded in the Year 2011 in Ras Laffan Port and on 28th December 2011, the RasGas vessel ‘Simaisma’ became the 1000th LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) tanker to arrive in the Port. The RasGas chartered vessel built by the Korean Daewoo shipyard and delivered in 2006 is able to […]

  • SCF’s Arctic Tankers Carried One Million Tons of Crude Oil

    30 January 2017
    Business & Finance

    Russian shipping major Sovcomflot (SCF) revealed that its three Arctic shuttle tankers of the Shturman Albanov series have until now transported one million tons of crude oil from the Gulf of Ob, Kara Sea, to the port of Murmansk. The millionth ton of crude oil produced at the Novy Port oil and gas condensate field was loaded […]

  • Hyundai Samho Builds World’s 1st Super Tanker Fitted with Scrubber

    15 March 2018
    Business & Finance, Rules & Regulation

    Hyundai Samho completed the world’s first VLCC fitted with an exhaust gas cleaning system.

  • Japan: NYK to Introduce Onboard Broadband Communication System on LNG Tankers

    9 March 2012
    Equipment

    NYK of Japan said it has decided to introduce an onboard broadband communication system on all its containerships with the aim of reducing CO2 emissions during ship operations. Onboard tests of the broadband communication system started in October 2010 on various types of vessels, and the results have been studied. When the system is introduced […]

  • South Korea: Naming Ceremony for New SCF Tanker Georgy Maslov

    12 September 2012

    On 10 September 2012 in Busan (South Korea) a naming ceremony of a new SCF tanker Georgy Maslov took place. The vessel was named after a distinguished figure in the modern history of the Russian commercial shipping, a former head of all-Union association “Sovfracht” – Georgy Maslov. It is the second vessel built at Daewoo […]

  • Kinder Morgan Announces Acquisition of Jones Act Shipping Tankers in U.S.

    23 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire American Petroleum Tankers (APT) and State Class Tankers (SCT) from affiliates of The Blackstone Group and Cerberus Capital Management for $962 million in cash. APT and SCT are engaged in the marine transportation of crude oil, condensate and refined […]

  • Greece: Navios Maritime Announces Delivery of New LR1 Product Tanker

    24 January 2012
    Business & Finance

      Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation, an owner and operator of tanker vessels, announced that the Nave Estella, an LR1 Product Tanker of 75,000 dwt, was delivered on January 20, 2012 from a South Korean shipyard. The Nave Estella has commenced a 3-year charter-out at a net rate of $11,850 with 90%/10% profit sharing for rates […]

  • Sunken oil tanker continue to leak 200-300 liters/hr

    24 August 2006

    The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has reported that the sunken oil tanker in Guimaras continue to leak about 200-300 liters of oil per hour. In a television interview Tuesday, PCG Vice Admiral Arturo Gosingan said only an unmanned submersible can reach the tanker but the PCG does not have this kind of facility.

  • 22 Oil Tankers Waiting to Unload off Texas in Harvey Aftermath

    31 August 2017

    As of August 28, 22 oil tankers are stranded off Texas coast as they are unable to offload their cargo due to port closures, according to the US Department of Energy. The tankers are said to be carrying approximately 15.3 million barrels of imported crude oil near Texas ports. The Port of Corpus Christi remains […]

  • Update: New Suezmax Oil Tanker Zumbi dos Palmares Delivered

    29 May 2013

    MAN Diesel & Turbo representatives attended the delivery ceremony of the Suezmax tanker ‘Zumbi dos Palmares’ on 20 May, 2013. Powered by an MAN B&W 6S70ME-C type prime mover and 3 × MAN 7L23/30H auxiliary engines, the vessel is the second ship built by Estaleiro Atlantico Sul (EAS) stemming from the Brazilian Government’s PROMEF shipbuilding […]

  • Hyundai, Daewoo to Share $1 Billion Iran Tanker Order (Update2)

    10 May 2005

    Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, the world’s largest shipbuilders, won Iranian contracts worth almost $1 billion to build 10 oil tankers, an Iranian official said. National Iranian Oil Tanker Co. will award the contracts to South Korea-based shipbuilders Daewoo and Hyundai, and Hyundai unit Samho Heavy Industries Co., within the […]

  • STX O&S: Christening Ceremony Held for Two Shuttle Tankers

    25 February 2013

    STX Offshore & Shipbuilding recently held a christening ceremony for two world’s largest 155.000DWT shuttle tankers. The ships, Elka Leblon and Elka Parana, are the first batch of shuttle tankers built by STX O&S for European Navigation in Greece. Mr. Shin Sang-Ho, President of STX O&S, Spiros Karnesis, President of European Navigation and other related people were present […]

  • Zvezda Shipyard Begins Ice-Breaker Tanker Construction for Russia’s Rosneft

    15 December 2011

    Zvezda shipyard in Russia’s Far East has commenced the construction of an ice-breaker tanker for the Russia’s leading extraction and refinement company Rosneft. The ice-breaker tanker accounts for the first in a new series of “enhanced ice-class” tankers. Two vessels expected to have a capacity of over 5,100 tons are intended to be delivered to […]

  • Algoma orders methanol-ready product tanker duo at Hyundai Mipo

    20 June 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vessels

    Canadian shipping company Algoma Central Corporation (Algoma) has placed an order for two methanol-ready 37,000 dwt product tankers with Hyundai Mipo Shipyard in South Korea. The investment is worth $127 million CAD ($96 million). The new ships will be entered on long-term time charters to Irving Oil under Canadian flag, servicing the energy company’s refinery […]

  • China: Repaired Tanker TENG CHI Leaves CIC Lixin Shipyard

    25 July 2012

    Recently, CIC Lixin Shipyard successfully completed the repair work of M/T TENG CHI which belongs to China Shipping Development Co., Ltd. Tanker Company, and won the appraisal from the owner. The subject vessel’s repair work included the renewal of main deck steam pipes and air pipes, the overhaul of 10 steam valves, the installment of […]

  • CNOOC’s Fujian LNG terminal soon to receive Q-Flex tankers

    22 March 2018

    Completion of the Meizhou Bay navigation improvement project will enable CNOOC’s Fujian LNG terminal to receive Q-Flex liquefied natural gas carriers in the future. 

  • Drewry: Booming ME Refinery Capacity Bad News for Crude Tankers?

    25 August 2016

    A steep rise in refinery capacity in the Middle East could diminish oil trade growth and with it prospects for tanker shipping, according to shipping consultancy Drewry. The global crude oil trade, which surged last year on the back of strong growth in oil demand and stocking activity, is expected to continue to expand strongly over the next […]

  • Ferus Smit Delivers World’s 1st LNG-Powered Cement Tanker

    24 December 2015
    Business & Finance

    The Netherlands-based shipbuilding company Ferus Smit delivered its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) powered cement tanker MV Greenland to JT Cement on December 23. Prior to the delivery, the vessel underwent an extensive program of trials and tests to examine all the components, so as to make sure they were working properly and verify safety of all systems aboard. Built for the joint venture JT […]

  • South Korea: SHI Orders KHI’s Propulsion Systems for Shuttle Tankers

    25 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. announced today that it has received an order for propulsion systems for shuttle tankers to be used in an oilfield development project conducted in the Barents Sea by Statoil ASA, one of the world’s leading energy companies in oil and natural gas production based in Norway. The order comes from Samsung […]

  • MOL Introduces Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP) for Tanker Fleet

    13 January 2011

    Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President: Koichi Muto) today announced that the company has established a Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP) and started its use with the MOL tanker fleet. The SEEMP provides the most efficient vessel operation method (optimum route selection, appropriate maintenance, and so on considering slow steaming, ocean currents, and weather) […]

  • South Korea: Hyundai Mipo Delivers STI Amber to Scorpio Tankers

    23 July 2012

    On July 18th 2012, Scorpio Tankers Inc took delivery of the STI Amber, the first of eight 52,000 DWT product tankers that are being built by Hyundai Mipo Dockyard of South Korea. These vessels will be the first to be delivered from the Hyundai Group with new propulsion technology including the ‘B’ type ultra-long stroke electronically […]

  • SHI Wins Order for Five Oil Tankers at a Greek Ship Fair

    25 June 2010

    Samsung Heavy Industries won orders for 5 158,000 t SUEZMAX-class oil tankers during Posidonia 2010, the world’s largest ship fair held in Athens, Greece. Samsung Heavy Industries focused on attracting shippers and winning contracts at Posidonia 2010, the ship fair that was held starting on June 5, 2010, and participated in by over 1,700 businesses.

  • Tsakos Energy announces the delivery and charter of Aframax Tanker Asahi Princess

    22 September 2009

    Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited today announced the delivery and charter of DNA-aframax tanker Asahi Princess from Sumitomo Heavy Industries in Japan. The vessel was placed on a one-to-four month repositioning time-charter with a major international oil trader. Upon expiry of the charter, the vessel will be redelivered to its intended operating area, the mid-Atlantic basin.

  • MISC: AET, Petrobras Tanker Deal Valued at USD 645 Mn

    11 June 2018
    Business & Finance

    MISC informed that the recently signed deal between AET and Petrobras has a value of USD 645 million.