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  • Scorpio Tankers to Build Seven VLCCs

    4 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    Scorpio Tankers Inc. yesterday announced that it has entered into agreements for the construction of seven Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs) and entered into an agreement with an unaffiliated third party to issue shares in exchange for the transfer of ownership to the Company of four MR product tankers currently under construction in South Korea. […]

  • Long Range Tanker Market on Rebound

    11 November 2014

    There has been a significant change in fortunes for struggling long range (LR) tankers in recent months, according to UK-based shipbroker and consultant Gibson. The second quarter figures indicate a switch from the first half’s spot earnings of USD 11,000/day, in which both LR2 and LR1 earnings in the East averaged in October at the […]

  • Another coronavirus outbreak on board a tanker

    9 July 2020
    Human Capital, Vessels

    Seven crew members have tested positive for Covid-19 on board a tanker that arrived in Algeciras, Spain from Nigeria. Based on the available information, nine crew members took rapid Covid-19 tests which turned out to be positive for seven sailors. The Maltese-flagged Samus Swan oil and chemical tanker, owned by Danish Uni-Tankers, has been quarantined […]

  • DMER: Positive Earnings Outlook for Tankers

    5 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    The tanker market dynamics in the short to medium term are skewed in favour of market players as oil prices are expected to stay low and oil producers are not expected to cut supply in a hurry in a bid to protect their market share, Drewry Maritime Equity Research Assessment (DMER) believes. “We see a […]

  • Oil tankers will pay more for liability

    25 February 2006

    Tankers and other liquid-carrying ships calling at New Jersey ports will soon have to carry increased insurance against the chance they spill cargo

  • Aramco orders six oil tankers

    20 February 2006

    State-owned Saudi Aramco has awarded South Korean Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering a contract to construct six large oil tankers.

  • Panamanian Tanker Attacked in Gulf of Aden

    17 April 2017

    A Panamanian-flagged oil tanker Alheera was rescued by Chinese Navy from a pirate attack on Saturday, April 15 while underway in the Gulf of Aden. The ship was approached by a skiff with five pirates on board who were trying to board the tanker south off Balhaf, Yemen. As understood, the pirates fired at the […]

  • Mammoet Salvage deals with burning tanker

    19 August 2009

    Mammoet Salvage, based in Schiedam, the Netherlands, has started the salvage operation of the Formosaproduct Brick. This product tanker, with a length of 228.5 meters, is on fire in the Straits of Malacca, 20 miles from Port Dickson, Malaysia. The tanker, carrying 58,000 tons of highly flammable naphtha, collided with the Ostende Max bulk carrier […]

  • South Korea: Vroon Takes Delivery of New Tanker

    16 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    Vroon Shipping announced that today, Wednesday 16 November 2011, company took delivery of Iver Blessing, a 6,187-ton asphalt/oil/chemical tanker. The vessel was constructed at the Hyundai Mipo Dockyard, Ulsan, South Korea and is the last in a series of four vessels to have been built at the Dockyard. A further two 6,255-ton asphalt/oil/chemical tankers, constructed […]

  • Navig8 Chemical Tankers Takes First Fukuoka Newbuild

    26 May 2017
    Business & Finance

    Navig8 Chemical Tankers has taken delivery of the Navig8 Spica, a 25,000 dwt stainless steel chemical tanker, from Fukuoka Shipbuilding in Japan. The Navig8 Spica is the first of two vessels contracted at Fukuoka to be delivered to the company and is the first of two vessels to be delivered under the sale and leaseback […]

  • China: Tanker to FPSO Deal for COSCO

    27 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard Co., Ltd. has secured one contract to convert one Large Crude Carrier Tanker, MT “Sunrise Jewel”, to a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel for a Japanese ship-owner. The FPSO for the Japanese ship-owner is designed to operate for 20 years without dry-docking. It will have a capacity of the crude […]

  • Oil Products Tanker Detained in Singapore

    5 December 2017
    Business & Finance

    The 2012-built oil products tanker Angel Star has been arrested in Singapore waters, Supreme Court of Singapore’s data shows. The 6,500 dwt vessel was detained in the morning hours of December 2, 2017. The reason for the tanker’s detention was not disclosed. Focal Investigation & Security Agency has been appointed for security and investigation purposes related […]

  • Hafnia Tankers Ends 2017 in Red

    23 March 2018
    Business & Finance

    Hafnia Tankers ended 2017 in loss, driven by a weakened product tanker market witnessed during the year.

  • Maran Tankers adds 4 more LNG-powered tankers as Greek owners drive newbuilding trend

    23 August 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vessels

    Greek shipping major Maran Tankers has commissioned the construction of four LNG-fueled tankers, each boasting an impressive capacity of 155,500 tons at China’s New Times Shipbuilding. The order comes in the form of exercised options for additional vessels held from a contract Maran Tankers signed back in April with the yard, Intermodal Shipbrokers said. The […]

  • Scorpio Tankers Fixes Three for Three

    27 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    Monaco-based tanker owner Scorpio Tankers has entered into time charter-out agreements with undisclosed clients for two ice class, medium-range oil/chemical tankers, and one long-range crude oil tanker. Scorpio chartered out the 2015-built, 52,000 dwt STI Westminster for a period of three years at USD 20,500 per day. The 2015-built, 52,000 dwt STI Nothing Hill was chartered out for the identical […]

  • Sumatec to buy two oil tankers

    22 May 2006

    Sumatec Resources Bhd has ordered two units of 8,000 deadweight tonnes (dwt) double-hull product oil tanker from a Chinese shipyard for US$11.6 million (about RM42.11million) each. In a statement to Bursa Malaysia on May 22, Sumatec said it had entered into a letter of intent (LOI) with Yangzhou Kejin Shipyard Co Ltd and Jiangsu Guotai […]

  • Interactive Image: Chemical Tanker Parts

    8 June 2015

    How well do you know parts of a chemical tanker? With today’s interactive image we would like to test your knowledge and give out some details that might prove interesting to know. World Maritime News Staff

  • Top Ships Sells Tanker Pair

    13 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    Nasdaq-listed tanker owner and operator Top Ships Inc. has sold and leased back two of its MR2 tankers, the M/T StenaWeco Energy and the M/T StenaWeco Evolution. The 2014-built, 49,737 dwt StenaWeco Energy and the 50,000 dwt newbuilding StenaWeco Evolution are expected to change hands in the first quarter of 2015. Following the sales, Top Ships will […]

  • Frontline CEO: Tanker Orderbook Is a Concern

    27 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    The strength of the tanker market which has enjoyed pretty high rates may be threatened by the inflow of the new tonnage scheduled for delivery in the following two years. “Given the positive outlook of the tanker market we expect very little scrapping and the orderbook is a concern. As the delivery schedule shows a significant number of ships […]

  • Clipper Bids Farewell to Tanker Market

    5 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    The Clipper Group Ltd has exited the tanker market with the sale of the last three chemical tanker vessels of Clipper Group A/S, Danish subsidiary of Clipper Group.  Clipper Group A/S specializes in ferry services in Denmark (Danske Færger), ro-ro activities on the Irish Sea (Seatruck Ferries), commercial and technical management (Clipper Fleet Management), and ownership and operation of […]

  • Odfjell Buys Handy Chemical Tanker

    23 May 2017
    Business & Finance

    In line with its fleet renewal strategy, Norwegian shipping and tank terminal company Odfjell informed it has bought M/T Argent Eyebright, a Handy chemical tanker.  The 33,600 dwt ship was purchased from Singapore-based MOL Chemical Tankers, VesselsValue’s data shows. As disclosed, Argent Eyebright has been on short-term time charter to Odfjell Tankers since January 2017 and will […]

  • Update: Bombed Tanker Headed to Greece

    7 January 2015

    A Greek-owned tanker that was bombed by a Libyan military fighter plane January 4 while moored in the Port of Derna, is currently on its way to Greece, carrying the bodies of two crew members who died in the attack, IHS Maritime 360 reports. A 29-year-old Greek and a Romanian crew member were killed, and two more were […]

  • Thai Tanker Hijacked off Malaysia

    31 August 2014

    An armed pirate gang hijacked a Thai tanker off Malaysia’s east coast and siphoned its cargo of oil on Thursday, August 28, the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery (ReCAAP) said on Friday. According to ReCAAP, the group, comprised of six armed pirates, approached the unnamed tanker in a speedboat at approximately […]

  • Tanker Market Keeps Up the Momentum

    27 April 2015

    In the first quarter of 2015, tanker earnings for crude oil tankers have climbed to new strong levels, with averages not seen since 2008, BIMCO said in the latest market overview. The demand for crude oil tankers remain high even after the winter months as the market appears to have kept the momentum going, keeping the crude […]

  • Navios Acquisition Takes Delivery of MR2 Product Tanker

    8 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation, an owner and operator of tanker vessels, announced that the Nave Jupiter, a newbuilding MR2 product tanker of 49,999 dwt, was delivered yesterday from a South Korean shipyard. The company said that Nave Jupiter has been chartered-out for two years to a high quality counterparty at a base rate of $14,319 […]