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  • Navig8 Growth Strategy Continues

    14 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    After the latest batch of up to twelve newbuildings to be built at STX, Navig8 Product Tankers Inc. is going to order more long-range-one (LR1) vessels from another South Korean shipbuilder. Namely, in late February, Navig8 placed a $580 million order at STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. for the construction of eight plus four 74,000 […]

  • GE Shipping delivers Jag Vidhi VLGC

    21 January 2015
    Vessels

    The Great Eastern Shipping Company said it has delivered its 1990-built Very Large Gas Carrier Jag Vidhi (49,701 dwt) to the buyers on 21st January, 2015.

  • Mercator to foray into chemicals shipment

    25 September 2006

    Mercator Lines, which is primarily into shipping of oil all across the globe, will be expanding its business horizon by foraying into the chemical transportation segment. The company, through its recently launched Singapore subsidiary, Mercator Lines Singapore, will be acquiring three chemical tankers at a total cost of USD 65 million, sources told Business Line. […]

  • Suez Canal amends rules to encourage LNG carrier traffic

    6 July 2018
    Vessels

    Suez Canal Authority has decided to amend the regulations related to the residue cargo requirements for liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers.

  • Thieves Board Maersk Aegean off Indonesia

    21 March 2017

    Robbers boarded a product tanker owned by Danish Maersk Tankers and stole equipment while the vessel was at anchor off Indonesia, ReCAAP ISC informed.  The incident aboard the 2013-built Maersk Aegean took place while the ship was anchored off Labuk Gaung, Inner Anchorage in Dumai in the morning hours of March 12. A portable welding machine, […]

  • Indonesian Navy Arrests Rogue Vier Harmoni

    25 August 2016

    The Indonesian Navy’s Western Fleet Quick Response Team (WFQR) of Tanjung Pinang Naval Base has found and arrested the product tanker Vier Harmoni off West Kalimantan, Indonesia.  The Vier Harmoni, carrying 900,000 liters of diesel worth around USD 390,000, was reported missing on August 16, 2016, when it left the Malaysian Kuantan Port without paying a bond to […]

  • Hafnia: Fourth LR1 Newbuild Delivered

    29 October 2019
    Business & Finance

    Hafnia and CSSC have taken delivery of Hafnia Beijing, the fourth unit in a series of six LR1 vessels. 

  • Euronav Sells Its Oldest VLCC

    24 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    Antwerp-based tanker owner and operator Euronav has disposed of Artois, the oldest very large crude carrier (VLCC) in its fleet.  The 298,330 dwt tanker has been sold for USD 22 million to the US-based company, Ridgebury Tankers, the information provided by VesselsValue indicates. Euronav expects to record a capital gain of approximately USD 7.7 million on the sale which will […]

  • TOP Ships Secures Time Charter with Shell

    3 April 2019
    Business & Finance

    Shell hires TOP Ships’ product/chemical tanker Eco Palm Desert until September 2020.

  • Exclusive interview with Tankers International CEO: VLCC pooling’s role poised to grow with energy transition demands rising

    29 February 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vessels

    OE spoke with Charlie Grey, Tankers International’s CEO, on how its members are doing business amid the decarbonization and digital transformation.

  • Somali Pirates Hijack Another Vessel, Use It as Mothership?

    24 March 2017

    The Somali pirates have hijacked another vessel off the coast of Somalia, a representative from Oceans Beyond Piracy confirmed to World Maritime News. OBP said that the ship, which is yet to be identified, was hijacked in the vicinity of Eyl, Somalia. “We are still finding more details, but it appears that it is being used as […]

  • USA: MWCC Adds New Capture Vessel to its Containment System

    22 September 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC) has announced the delivery of an integral component to its expanded containment system, a new Aframax tanker. Named “Eagle Texas” in a recent ceremony in Takamatsu, Japan, the tanker will be operated by AET Tanker Holdings. The “Eagle Texas” will soon undergo extensive conversion and modification before taking up duties […]

  • Primorsk to Reveal Details of Liquidation Plan

    23 August 2016
    Business & Finance

    Cyprus-based tanker owner Primorsk International Shipping Ltd. has, together with certain of its affiliated debtors and debtors-in-possession, filed Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Liquidation with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. The company is scheduled to reveal the details of its bankruptcy plan before the Honorable Martin Glenn, United States Bankruptcy Judge, today […]

  • South Korea: Samsung Heavy Holds Naming Ceremony for ‘Stena Sunrise’

    4 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    On January 31st the Suezmax tanker Stena Sunrise was named at the Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) shipyard in Geoje, South Korea. The vessel is the last in a series of seven units and is owned by Stena Bulk. The Stena Sunrise is a third generation, fuel-efficient Suezmax and, like the other tankers in the series, […]

  • Peninsula delivers LNG to EPS’ Starway at Gibraltar Port

    7 December 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Maritime fuel supplier Peninsula has delivered LNG to Suezmax crude oil tanker, Starway, owned by Singapore-based Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) at the Gibraltar Port. Peninsula’s first purpose-built 12,500 cubic meter LNG bunker vessel, Levante LNG, supplied EPS’ Starway with approximately 3,500 cubic meters of LNG at the Gibraltar Port’s Western Anchorage on November 29-30. EPS’ LNG-powered […]

  • MOL, Tokyo Gas unit sign charter agreement for LNG newbuild

    28 November 2014
    Vessels

    MOL and Tokyo LNG Tanker, a Tokyo Gas unit concluded a basic agreement on joint ownership and charter contract for an LNG newbuild.

  • Bermuda: Teekay Offshore Receives Offer to Acquire Remaining 49% of Teekay Offshore Operating L.P.

    27 January 2011
    Business & Finance

    Teekay Offshore GP LLC, the general partner of Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. (Teekay Offshore or the Partnership) , has declared a cash distribution of $0.475 per unit for the quarter ended December 31, 2010, payable on February 14, 2011 to all unitholders of record on February 7, 2011. The Partnership also announced today that it […]

  • Shipowners order new vessels worth record $105.5b in 2006

    11 February 2007

    According to London-based Clarkson, the world’s biggest shipbroker, shipowners ordered new vessels worth a record $105.5 billion in 2006. The trend has been spurred by tanker owners keen to upgrade their fleets ahead of IMO single-hull tanker deadlines that kick in at the end of the decade.

  • MSCO completes modernization of Natali supertanker

    24 July 2006

    Murmansk Shipping Company (MSCO) has completed modernizing the Natali supertanker, the company’s press service said. According to the statement, the China State Shipbuilding Corporation modernized the tanker over a six-month period. The tanker currently meets the requirements of the international convention to prevent marine pollution.

  • Chinese Shipyards to Deliver First of Twelve VLCCs to NITC

    13 April 2012

    In May, the first of the 12 commissioned supertankers is supposed to be delivered to Iranian oil shipping operator NITC from two Chinese shipyards. From the total of 12, seven of the very large crude carriers (VLCCs) are expected to be delivered by the end of the year. Another four are supposed to be commissioned […]

  • Mingde Heavy Hosts Naming Ceremony of JO LOTUS

    26 September 2013

    The biggest stainless steel chemical tanker ever built by Mingde Heavy Industry was named successfully on the afternoon of September 25th 2013. Godmother Mrs. Aas named the new ship as “JO LOTUS”. Mr. Ji Fenghua, the Chairman of Mingde Group, and Mr. Odfjell, the owner of Jo Tankers AS, gave their speeches at the ceremony. The […]

  • Tristar adds BP-chartered Tristar Ruby to its fleet

    18 December 2019
    Vessels

    Dubai headquartered Tristar Group has taken delivery of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker, Tristar Ruby to its shipping fleet.

  • National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia Receives 45.000 DWT Chemical Tanker Named NCC SAFA

    8 August 2011

    The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia announces that its 80% owned subsidiary company The National Chemical Carriers Ltd. Co. (NCC) received on Thursday, 4th August 2011 in Korea a new chemical tanker named NCC SAFA with DWT of 45,000 tons from SHINAsb (previously SLS) of South Korea, as part of Nine (9) vessels previously […]

  • NASSCO delivers LNG-ready Independence to SEA-Vista

    4 May 2016
    Vessels

    General Dynamics NASSCO informed it has recently delivered the first ship in a series of three ECO Class LNG-ready tankers under construction for SEA-Vista.

  • ‘Jag Laadki’ delivered to the buyers

    1 April 2007

    G E Shipping delivered its Suezmax crude carrier ‘Jag Laadki’, to the buyers. The 1992 built, 145242-dwt ship was contracted to be sold in February 2007. With the delivery of ‘Jag Laadki’, the Company’s fleet of 44 vessels comprises 33 tankers (13 crude oil carriers, 18 product carriers, and 2 LPG carriers) and 11 drybulk […]