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  • FSL to Finance Newbuildings by Selling Ageing Ships

    13 December 2018
    Business & Finance

    FSL is to sell ageing vessels in order to collect funds for the construction of two new tankers.

  • Crews missing in Black Sea storm

    12 November 2007

    Rescuers are searching for eight sailors reported missing after a powerful storm hit the Sea of Azov and parts of the Black Sea on Sunday. Russian officials say four ships have sunk, including an oil tanker, and four others are in danger of breaking up.

  • Suspected Mastermind of Orkim Harmony Hijacking Apprehended

    1 September 2015

    The Indonesian Navy has apprehended the suspected “mastermind” of the Orkim Harmony hijacking. As informed by the local media, the naval forces arrested a man in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta, identified as Albert Yohanes, as he is believed to had planned the hijacking of Orkim’s oil tanker in June this year. The arrest comes following months of investigation by […]

  • Readers’ Picks of the Week (Jun 29 – Jul 3)

    5 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    Samsung Heavy Lands USD 4.7 Billion FLNG Order from Shell South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has won a KRW 5.3 trillion (USD 4.7 billion) contract to build three floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facilities in Europe… Read more Cruise Ship Collides with Tanker off Gallipoli A Celestyal Cruises ship suffered structural damage to its […]

  • Readers’ Picks of the Week (Jun 29 – Jul 3)

    5 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    Samsung Heavy Lands USD 4.7 Billion FLNG Order from Shell South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has won a KRW 5.3 trillion (USD 4.7 billion) contract to build three floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facilities in Europe… Read more Cruise Ship Collides with Tanker off Gallipoli A Celestyal Cruises ship suffered structural damage to its […]

  • Alexander Spirit to Head for Singapore on Tuesday

    13 July 2015

    The fuel tanker Alexander Spirit is scheduled to depart from Devonport, north-west Tasmania, to Singapore on Tuesday. The protesting 36 crew members of the fuel tanker were supposed to set sail today, however the departure was pushed back for tomorrow following meetings between the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and the ship’s operator Teekay, ABC News […]

  • Gallery: Stena Imagination Named in Dubai

    20 April 2017
    Business & Finance

    MR tanker Stena Imagination was named at the Port Rashid Terminal in Dubai on April 18. The vessel is jointly owned on a 50-50 basis by Swedish Stena Bulk and Indonesian Golden Agri Resources (GAR). “Naming the Stena Imagination in Dubai is very much a strategic choice. Stena Bulk recently opened an office here together […]

  • BMT to Monitor Minerva’s Vessel Performance

    25 March 2016
    Business & Finance

    Greek-based tanker operator Minerva Marine has upgraded its two chemical tankers, Minerva Leo and Minerva Tychi, with a vessel performance monitoring system that was installed by BMT SMART, a specialist fleet and vessel performance company of BMT Group.  Minerva Leo and Minerva Tychi are 38,911 dwt tankers built by South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in 2015 and […]

  • Hafnia Snatches USD 360 Mln for Vessel Refinancing

    29 February 2016
    Business & Finance

    Danish shipping company Hafnia Tankers signed a USD 360 million loan on February 23 to refinance twelve medium range (MR) product tankers and provide post-delivery financing for the company’s six MR newbuilds. The credit, set to mature in March 2023, is comprised of a USD 124 million term loan, a USD 100 million revolving credit facility and a USD 136 million delayed draw term loan facility. […]

  • Zeebrugge Re-Exports LNG Cargo (Belgium)

    18 January 2012
    Vessels

    Belgium’s Zeebrugge liquefied natural gas terminal re-exported a LNG cargo yesterday. The cargo is being hauled by Methania, a 131,235 cubic-meter tanker. The LNG tanker is sailing to Spain’s Huelva terminal, and it is due to arrive on January 25, according to ship-tracking data. [mappress] LNG World News Staff, January 18, 2012; Image: Anthony Veder

  • CDB Financial Leasing spending $140 million on 11 ships

    31 May 2021
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    China Development Bank (CDB) Financial Leasing is splashing $140 million on the purchase of eleven bulk carriers from an undisclosed ship owner based in the Marshall Islands. The purchase is being carried out through the company’s wholly-owned subsidiary in Hong Kong, which is principally engaged in the vessel investment and financing business As disclosed the […]

  • PSA Norway audits Skarv FPSO loading system. All good.

    30 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    On 29 April 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway carried out an audit of BP Norge’s management of loading operations from Skarv FPSO to shuttle tankers. The objective of the audit was to verify the operator’s organisation and division of responsibilities for the loading system, loading operations and shuttle tankers, and applicable governing documents, as […]

  • Port: Fujairah Oil Spill Not Caused by Ship-to-Ship Transfer

    8 February 2018

    The recent oil spill off the Port of Fujairah was not the result of a ship-to-ship transfer.

  • TEN Secures More Work for Four Panamaxes

    29 March 2016
    Business & Finance

    Greek tanker owner and operator Tsakos Energy Navigation (TEN) has inked charter extensions for four of its Panamax tankers with an undisclosed state oil company. Tsakos said that the vessels will be employed on an average duration of 22 months per tanker and will collect minimum gross revenues of USD 65 million. The new contracts are […]

  • Frontline Ends Charter Deal for Front Century

    7 November 2016
    Business & Finance

    Tanker owner and operator Frontline has reached an agreement with Bermuda-based ship owner Ship Finance International Limited to terminate the long-term charter for the 1998-built Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) Front Century. Frontline has agreed a compensation payment to Ship Finance of around USD 4 million for the termination of the current charter. “We expect the […]

  • COSCO Dalian Linked to VLCC Order at DACKS

    31 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    China’s shipping company Dalian Ocean Shipping CO. (COSCO Dalian) is reported to have ordered two Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs) at compatriot Dalian COSCO KHI Ship Engineering Co (DACKS). The ships are priced at USD 92 million each, resulting in a total value of the contract of USD 184 million, local media informed citing sources familiar with […]

  • Argentinian backlogs have BP and Gas Natural looking for free vessels

    6 October 2014

    Argentina’s financial woes have caused LNG tanker queues off the country’s coast that have major companies like BP and Gas Natural scrambling for free vessels to deliver cargoes from Trinidad and Tobago.  Last week, Argentina’s Central Bank did not release the funds for imports which caused a backlog at the Bahia Blanca terminal, but according […]

  • BIMCO: Shipbuilding orders jump by 119.7% YoY amid record containership demand

    28 May 2021
    Business & Finance, Environment, Market Outlooks, Vessels

    Total shipbuilding orders in the first five months of this year have increased by 119.7% compared with the same period in 2020, BIMCO’s data shows. The massive rebound in ordering has been driven by record high containership contracting, as investors in this segment find themselves flush with cash. So far 43.6 million DWT of orders […]

  • French Fos-Lavera strike blocks 24 oil vessels-port

    30 September 2010

    A French rolling port strike at the country’s strategic Fos-Lavera oil hub near Marseille entered its fourth day on Thursday, blocking a total of 24 oil tankers, the port authority said. The strikers, who are protesting against a French pension bill and aim to secure job guarantees as part of a port reform, were blocking […]

  • Belgium: Zeebrugge Re-Exports LNG Cargo

    16 March 2012

    Belgium’s Zeebrugge liquefied natural gas terminal re-exported an LNG cargo yesterday, according to shipping data. The cargo is being hauled by the Methania, a 131,000 cubic-meter tanker. The LNG tanker is sailing to Spain. Fluxys, the operator of the terminal, said yesterday that it has unloaded 70 carriers at the Zeebrugge LNG terminal in 2011. [mappress] […]

  • Stena Perros naming ceremony at Brodosplit Shipyard

    30 November 2007

    Today Concordia Maritime’s product tanker Stena Perros, a so-called P-MAX tanker, will be named at Brodosplit Shipyard in Croatia. The Stena Perros, like her sisters Stena Paris and Stena Provence, both of which were built and named at Brodosplit, has been chartered to the French oil and energy company TOTAL. Delivery of the Stena Perros […]

  • Brokers: Hyundai Heavy On a Roll

    6 December 2017
    Business & Finance

    Broker reports link Hyundai Heavy Industries to up to seven contracts for 319,000 dwt tankers.

  • EU Naval Force Confirms VLCC Safe After Attack Offshore Somalia

    14 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    EU Naval Force can confirm that on Friday, 11 October 2013, a fully laden super tanker, known as a Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC), was fired upon by eight armed men in two ‘skiffs’ 230 miles off the Somali coast. The attack was successfully repelled by the Armed Security Team on board the super tanker […]

  • Tristar Confirms Order for 6 Product Carriers, UAE

    11 November 2013

    UAE – based Tristar Transport Company has reached an agreement and placed a firm order for 6 New MR Product /Chemical Tankers with Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Mipo Dockyard. The vessels are expected to be delivered in 2016 and will be built to the latest specifications with an improved hull form design, making them more fuel […]

  • CSET: ‘World’s first’ LNG dual-fuel VLCC gets on UNGC’s ESG+20 list

    10 December 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Infrastructure, Innovation, Vessels

    Yuan Rui Yang, the “world’s first” liquefied natural gas (LNG) dual-fuel very large crude carrier (VLCC), has been selected as one of the top 20 corporate sustainability case examples by the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC).