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  • Amur River LNG carrier begins Sakhalin-2 operation

    10 August 2015
    Vessels

    The LNG carrier Amur River recently departed from the port of Prigorodnoye for its first voyage loaded with 149 700 cubic metres of liquefied natural gas from the Sakhalin-2 project.

  • BBG starts LNG carrier reloading ops at Bilbao

    29 May 2015

    Spain’s Bahía de Bizkaia Gas (BBG) said it has, for the first time, reloaded a carrier with LNG at its terminal in the port of Bilbao on Monday, May 25.

  • 20-Year-Old Crude Carriers Are Here to Stay?

    13 July 2017

    By 2020, some 100 very large crude carriers (VLCCs) will be over 20 years old, hinting that the time may be ripe now to replace that tonnage especially since the newbuilding prices are hard to resist now. “With 80 million US dollars for a VLCC and 53 million US-dollars for a Suezmax, you need to […]

  • Iran Ships First Post-Sanction Oil to Europe

    15 February 2016
    Business & Finance

    Iran has loaded its first oil cargo since the lifting of economic sanctions early January on board a tanker owned by Total SA and the cargo is now bound for Europe, according to the National Iranian Oil Company. Managing Director of Iranian Oil Terminals Company (IOTC), Pirouz Mousavi said that three oil tankers belonging to three European firms from France, Spain […]

  • South-Korea: Wartsila RT-flex82 Engine Becomes Preferred Choice for VLCCs Worldwide

    19 July 2012

    Wartsila, the marine industry’s leading system integrator, will supply the main engines for a series of vessels being built for Kuwait Oil Tanker Co. (KOTC), a Subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation. Four VLCCs (Very Large Crude Oil Carriers), one Aframax tanker and four medium-range tankers are being built at the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering […]

  • Norway’s Eksfin supporting shipping’s green transition with up to $1bn

    2 September 2021
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian export credit agency Eksfin has provided about $1.2 billion (NOK 10 billion) loan guarantees for the construction of 35 eco-friendly vessels over the last four years.

  • KCC concludes energy efficiency retrofit program, reports ‘meaningful emissions reductions’

    13 May 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Vessels

    Norwegian shipowner Klaveness Combination Carriers (KCC) has completed its energy efficiency retrofit program in a bid to deliver “the most carbon-efficient deep-sea shipping solution in the tanker and dry bulk segments”.

  • MOL Takes Delivery of New Malacca Max VLCC

    24 April 2019
    Business & Finance

    MOL took delivery of the very large crude carrier Phoenix Jamnagar on April 24.

  • South Korea’s STX wins $264 mln ship order

    30 November 2007

    On Friday it had secured a 245 billion won ($263.9 million) order from the Middle East to build four petrochemical products tankers.

  • Gas4Sea Partners Sign LNG Bunkering Deal with Equinor

    19 February 2019
    Business & Finance

    Gas4Sea Partners signed an agreement with Equinor to supply their four crude shuttle tankers with LNG in Rotterdam.

  • Photos: Norwegian Frigate Continues Sinking

    13 November 2018

    Helge Ingstad has almost completely sunk based on the latest footage released by the Norwegian Navy.

  • Asia Pacific Maritime: Paving the Future for Global Maritime Industry

    30 January 2018

    The dynamism of the global maritime industry has given industry leaders optimism for what 2018 has in store. “Global oil demand growth is strong and export-oriented refinery capacity is increasing to meet this demand. The shift of short-term oil market dynamics, coupled with underlying strong demand growth and declining supply growth, is setting the stage […]

  • BIMCO: Shipping Needs to Stay Cautious in 2018

    4 January 2018
    Business & Finance

    BIMCO urges shipping to remain cautious in 2018 to maintain the progress achieved in 2017.

  • MOL Sees Few Prospects for Recovery

    4 January 2016
    Business & Finance

    Japanese shipping company Mitsui OSK Lines’ (MOL) CEO Junichiro Ikeda said that the company sees “few prospects for recovery” during 2016 due to China’s historically low levels for containership and dry bulker markets. According to Ikeda, MOL continues to experience issues with fleet oversupply as the business climate remains severe. “The drop in crude oil prices does provide […]

  • CIT Maritime Provides $46.4 mln Funds for Epic Gas (Singapore)

    27 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    CIT Maritime Finance provided a $46.4 million senior secured credit facility to Epic Gas Ltd. Headquartered in Singapore, Epic Gas owns and operates a fleet of seaborne gas carriers to transport liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and petrochemicals. The facility was used to partially finance the acquisition of a fleet of five LPG tankers that includes […]

  • Sovcomflot of Russia Executes USD 700 Million Loan

    11 December 2012

    Sovcomflot (SCF Group) of Russia said that it has signed a new USD 700 million seven year credit facility with a consortium of eight leading international banks, including Citibank, N.A., Bank of America Merrill Lynch N.A., BNP Paribas S.A., DVB Bank SE, ING Bank N.V., Nordea Bank Norge ASA and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) […]

  • Hope of Finding Sanchi Survivors Wanes

    15 January 2018

    The hope of finding any survivors of the sunken Iranian tanker Sanchi has diminished, Iran’s PMO says.

  • Aries Maritime Announces Completion of Review of Strategic Alternatives

    1 July 2008

    ATHENS, June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Aries Maritime Transport Limited (NASDAQ: RAMS – News) today announced it has concluded its review of strategic alternatives that the Company initiated in March of 2008. ADVERTISEMENT Mons S. Bolin, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, “After careful consideration, the Board of Directors has concluded its review of various strategic […]

  • Hantong inks deal for 10 bulkers with Nisshin

    19 April 2021
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Chinese shipbuilder Jiangsu Hantong Ship Heavy Industry has won an order for the construction of ten 82,000-ton bulk carriers from Japanese shipowner Nisshin Shipping. The bulkers are scheduled for delivered before August 2023. The value of the contract has not been disclosed. This is the fourth batch of newbuilding orders placed by Nisshin at Hantong […]

  • Mexico: Pemex Plans $ 1 Bln Worth Fleet Renewal Programme

    4 October 2012

      In the forthcoming five years Pemex, one of the leading oil companies in Mexico and Latin America, plans to invest over USD 1 billion in renewal of its shipping fleet, the company’s CEO Juan José Suarez Coppel announced. As reported by Business News Americas, the contracts will be directed primarily to national shipyards within […]

  • Government of Panama Approves Canal Toll Increase

    9 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    Following the recommendation from the Board of Directors of the Panama Canal Authority (ACP), the Cabinet Council of the Government of the Republic of Panama approved yesterday the proposal to restructure the Panama Canal’s pricing system. “The new tolls structure was conceived in accordance with the commercial value that the route offers its users. We […]

  • UAE: Gulf Navigation Joins VL8 Pool Managed by Navig8

    23 February 2012
    Business & Finance

    Navig8 and Gulf Navigation announce that Gulf Navigation have agreed to enter the 2007 built VLCC “Gulf Sheba” into the VL8 Pool, managed by Navig8. In addition to the inclusion of the Gulf Sheba in the pool, Gulf Navigation will also participate in Chartering and Business Development activities involving companies based in the Arabian Gulf. […]

  • Novatek $4.8 bln Yamal LNG fleet complete. Yakov Gakkel expected to load next week

    2 December 2019
    Vessels

    The $4.8 billion, 15-vessel strong, fleet of Arc7 liquefied natural gas carriers set to serve the Novatek-led Yamal LNG project has been completed. 

  • Frontline’s Attempt to Stop DHT’s VLCC Acquisition Falls Through in Court

    20 April 2017
    Business & Finance

    The Supreme Court of the State of New York has rejected Frontline’s attempt to stop DHT’s acquisition of very large crude carrier (VLCCs) fleet from BW Group. On April 18, 2017, Norwegian-based tanker company Frontline filed a complaint against DHT Holdings, BW Group Limited, and DHT Board of Directors alleging that the crude oil tanker […]

  • Sovcomflot, Novatek Forge Ties on LNG Shipping

    29 June 2018
    Business & Finance

    Sovcomflot, Novatek pen pact on the transport of hydrocarbons from the Russian Arctic.