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  • Singapore raises security alert after Malacca threat

    5 March 2010

    Malaysia and Indonesia said on Thursday they are stepping up security in the Strait of Malacca, one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes, following the Singapore navy’s warning of possible attacks on oil tankers.

  • Crew rescued from sunken China ship

    18 February 2008

    A Japanese oil tanker has rescued all but two crewmen missing from a Chinese fishing vessel that sank off the northern Philippines, coast guard officials have said.

  • Faults found on crash ship

    3 February 2006

    The decision to permit the ill-fated Polish freighter – which collided with a chemical tanker in the English Channel – to leave Belfast despite deficiencies being detected has been defended by inspectors.

  • Aframax rates fall to 6-month low

    9 March 2006

    The cost of hiring aframax tankers, which ship about 600,000 barrels of oil, has fallen to a six-month low on Asian routes as West Asia exports less fuel.

  • Tenth Volgo-Don Max Departs Okskaya Shipyard, Russia

    2 August 2013

    The tenth newbuild sea/river tanker of Project RST27, the ‘VF Tanker-20’ owned by the shipping company V.F.Tanker (part of VBTH, majority owned by Universal Cargo Logistics Holding) departed Navashino-based Okskaya Shipyard, July 29. Project RST27 vessels, designed by Marine Engineering Bureau, are assigned for transportation of crude oil and oil products, without flash point restrictions. […]

  • Spotted: Iver Ambassador Emerges from Makeover

    21 December 2016
    Business & Finance

    In today’s spotted we present you Iver Ambassador, a bitumen tanker owned by Dutch shipping company Iver Ships, part of Vroon, which recently underwent a drydocking in Singapore.  During a five-day period, the 7,709 gross ton vessel was repainted from black into red and made Marine Environmental, Safety and Quality Assurance Criteria (MESQAC) compliant, in line […]

  • Ardmore Shipping Adds Second Newbuild

    1 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    Owner and operator of tankers Ardmore Shipping Corporation has taken delivery of its newbuild vessel, the Ardmore Seafox, from Korea’s SPP Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. The Ardmore Seafox is a 49,999 DWT IMO 3 product and chemical tanker, and her addition to the Ardmore fleet increases the number of Ardmore vessels on the water to twenty with […]

  • BW Buys Dorian LPG Shares

    20 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    BW Group’s subsidiary BW Euroholdings Limited has purchased 6 million shares in New York Stock Exchange-listed Dorian LPG Ltd, constituting approximately 10.2% of the total number of shares outstanding in Dorian, at USD 15.34 per share (USD 92 million in total). BW Euroholdings Limited has granted to BW LPG Limited an option to purchase the […]

  • Samsung Heavy Industries Bags Two More LNG Carriers

    20 August 2018
    Business & Finance

    Samsung Heavy Industries wins two more LNG carrier orders.

  • DHT Takes Delivery of VLCC DHT Lion

    15 March 2016
    Business & Finance

    Bermuda-headquartered crude oil tanker company, DHT Holdings, has taken delivery of a very large crude carrier (VLCC) newbuilding from South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries.  The 299,900 dwt vessel is named DHT Lion and is entering the spot market. It is the third of a series of six VLCC newbuildings to be delivered to the […]

  • API Marine to Equip Five Newbuilds

    20 September 2013

    API Marine has signed a new contract with TURKTER (YARDIMCI) Shipyard, for delivery of Integrated Cargo Control, Monitoring and Alarm System for a series of five oil/chemical tankers, on order by Palmali Group of Companies (Turkey). The new tankers represent a continuation of the “Armada” range of vessels, project RST22M with the overall deadweight capacity […]

  • Lithuania gets its first LNG cargo

    28 October 2014
    Vessels

    Lithuania has received its first ever cargo of LNG delivered to Klaipeda port onboard the 160,000 cbm Golar Seal.

  • Magellan Spirit anchored off Sines

    9 February 2015

    Teekay’s 165,500 cbm LNG carrier Magellan Spirit is currently anchored offshore Portugal’s Port of Sines, where REN’s import terminal is located.

  • Trio Selected to Ship LNG from Yamal Project

    23 April 2014
    Vessels

    Russia’s Yamal LNG project, operated by Novatek, has reportedly chosen Sovcomflot of Russia, Mitsui OSK of Japan and Teekay LNG of Canada to build tankers worth $5 billion. The shipping companies would build 16 ice-class tankers and ship the LNG from the terminal which is being built on the Yamal Peninsula, Russian newspaper Vedomosti reported on Wednesday, […]

  • NewLead Wraps Up Loan Deal with TCA

    11 March 2015
    Business & Finance

    Greek-based shipping company NewLead Holdings Ltd has closed a USD 10 million loan with TCA Fund Management Group (TCA). The initial draw will be set at USD 4,2 million, TCA said. “We have been in talks for over a year, with TCA witnessing our growth from just two vessels to over 10 in less than a year. We […]

  • Damen Shiprepair Brest Secures Three Dry Docking Operations (France)

    12 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    After the successful execution of the contracts on the Bonny Gas Transport ‘LNG SOKOTO’ and the LNG carrier ‘Lalla Fatma N’Soumer’, Damen Shiprepair Brest has contracted three new dry docking operations. The Finnish Suezmax Tanker ‘Alfa Brittania’, the Norwegian Suezmax Tanker ‘Erviken’ and the Swedish VLCC ‘Stena Perros’ will docking early/mid November 2012. On top […]

  • Canada: Kinder Morgan To Build Oil Pipeline in Salish Sea

    22 July 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Oil tanker traffic in the Salish Sea could dramatically increase if an oil pipeline expansion application is approved by Canada’s National… (thewesternfront) [mappress] Source: thewesternfront, July 22, 2011;

  • Canada: Kinder Morgan To Build Oil Pipeline in Salish Sea

    22 July 2011

    Oil tanker traffic in the Salish Sea could dramatically increase if an oil pipeline expansion application is approved by Canada’s National… (thewesternfront) [mappress] Source: thewesternfront, July 21, 2011;

  • Maersk Ras Laffan LNG Carrier Saves Six Iranian Sailors in Persian Gulf

    18 August 2010
    Vessels

    The crew of the Danish flagged LNG tanker Maersk Ras Laffan came to the rescue of six Iranian seafarers in the Persian Gulf… (shipgaz) [mappress] Source: shipgaz, August 18, 2010;

  • Euronav Completes Debt Financing of Maersk VLCC Fleet Acquisition

    5 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    Euronav NV has reported that debt financing of the Maersk VLCC fleet acquisition is completed. Namely, the company has issued a USD 235 million 7-year bond to the same investors who participated in the capital increase of 13 January 2014 and it has signed a commitment letter for a USD 500 million senior secured credit […]

  • WinGD clinches ‘first’ hybrid integration project on wind-assisted vessels

    17 April 2025
    Technology, Vessels

    Swiss marine power company WinGD is set to integrate hybrid power and energy systems on a quartet of 113,600 dwt wind-assisted tankers to be built by China’s Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry for the UK-headquartered shipping player Union Maritime (UML). Per WinGD, this is the inaugural contract by which the company’s X-EL Integrated Energy solution will be […]

  • PGNiG receives second LNG load at Klaipeda

    26 August 2020
    Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics

    Polish oil and gas company PGNiG has received the second delivery of liquefied natural gas at the KN-operated Klaipėda LNG reloading station.

  • Iraq, Arab States Form Shipping, Oil Trading JV Company

    17 August 2017
    Business & Finance

    A new shipping and oil trading company has been set up by Iraq and its Arab neighbors, named Al Iraqia Shipping Services & Oil Trading (AISSOT). AISSOT is a joint-venture company of Iraqi Oil Tankers Company (IOTC) and Arab Maritime Petroleum Transport Company (AMPTC) which aims to operate in a number of segments, ranging from trading of petroleum […]

  • Singapore Charges Bunker Supplier, Staff with Cheating

    20 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    Singapore’s bunkering company, and three of its executives, have been charged with cheating and criminal breach as part of the country’s strict measures on deliveries of bunkering fuel. The company, Vermont Bunkering, its directors Poh Fu Tek and Koh Seng Lee, and the former bunker manager Lee Kok Leong, were charged on November 16, 2017, […]

  • $123 billion poured into Chinese vesel orderbook in 2024, Veson Nautical finds

    7 February 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Infrastructure, Vessels

    China’s shipowners poured $123 billion into newbuilding ship orders in 2024, with containerships making around 38% of total vessel orders, according to the latest report from maritime freight management solutions provider Veson Nautical.