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  • EPS to apply GIT’s graphene-based propeller coating across its fleet

    30 June 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Environment, Green Marine, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Vessels

    Singapore-based ship management company Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) revealed that it has teamed up with Canada-based coatings company Graphite Innovation & Technologies  (GIT) to implement the latter’s graphene-based, biocide-free propeller coating across its fleet. EPS plans to boost the performance of its vessels by applying GIT’s eco-friendly, highly durable, and ultra-low friction foul release coating, the aim […]

  • Frontline turns to DNV to help decarbonize its fleet

    28 May 2021
    Business & Finance, Certification & Classification, Environment, Transition

    Tanker owner and operator Frontline has appointed classification society DNV to assist the company through its decarbonization journey towards IMO 2030- 2050. The project, launched last year, is aimed at providing Frontline with a solid understanding of its options, and the ways of further optimizing its operations and fleet towards more energy-efficient and sustainable operations applying a […]

  • UK: Plans to Remove Cargo from MV Genmar Companion Finalised

    29 December 2011

      Plans to remove the cargo of 54,304 tonnes of Vacuum Gas Oil from the merchant vessel Genmar Companion have now been finalised. The transfer will start on 31 December 2011 (weather permitting). The vessel has been sheltering off the Copeland Islands at the entrance to Belfast Lough since 16 December. It was 40 miles […]

  • Drewry: New Ship Orders Shrinking

    25 February 2013

    Drewry’s latest Chemical Forecaster report highlights a significant change in the orderbook. Persistent fleet expansion far in excess of trade growth has persistently eroded utilisation rates, checked only by scrapping. The only good news is that current market conditions are making it harder to get credit for newbuild orders, which has led to a shrinking […]

  • Klaveness’ CLEANBU in Wet-Dry Cargo Switch

    23 August 2019
    Business & Finance

    The company’s 83,600 dwt Baru converted from tanker to dry bulk mode after cleaning ops.

  • Two Greek Firms Sentenced for Dumping Oil in Texas Ports

    6 May 2019
    Business & Finance

    Owner and operator of oil tanker Nicos I.V. sentenced for illegal oil discharges in Texas port waters.

  • INTERTANKO Endorses BIMCO’s GUARDCON (Denmark)

    15 October 2012
    Business & Finance

      INTERTANKO’s Documentary Committee provided valuable input to the work done by BIMCO on a standard contract for Private Armed Guards (GUARDCON). The Committee much appreciated the opportunity to comment on the early GUARDCON drafts and has been watching the development and use of GUARDCON with interest. GUARDCON has now been in use for some […]

  • SSAB chips in for Tornio Manga LNG terminal

    19 December 2014
    Project & Tenders

    A NASDAQ-listed Nordic and U.S. steel company SSAB has joined Manga LNG Oy on a LNG terminal construction project in Tornio in the north of Finland, to be built by Wärtsilä.  The terminal will serve industry, mines and other gas users in the area. SSAB’s site in Raahe will also make use of LNG. At the Raahe […]

  • South Korean IMO Type-C tank design for eco-friendly fuels secures KR approval

    12 September 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Certification & Classification, Infrastructure, Regulation & Policy, Storage, Technology

    South Korean ship makers HD Hyundai Mipo and HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) have received approval from Korean Register (KR) for their IMO Type-C tank as part of efforts to meet the growing demand for eco-friendly fuels such as LNG, ammonia, and hydrogen.

  • Forerunners Anticipate LNG Transition

    16 August 2012

    Maritime companies preparing to start using LNG as a propulsion fuel are teaming up to establish safe and reliable on board installations and bunkering procedures. Innovation projects, a study excursion, Green Deal and innovation board support their achievements. A decade of experience with installing, bunkering and certification of LNG propelled vessels is available in Norway. […]

  • Shift’s energy storage system gets additional endorsement

    14 September 2022
    Certification & Classification, Green Marine, Storage

    Canada-based supplier of clean energy solutions Shift Clean Energy (Shift) has received type approval from both the Indian Register of Shipping (IRS) and Japanese Marine Standards (NK) for its energy storage system. The backing comes on the heels of a type approval from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) revealed last July, and in 2021, […]

  • GE’s equipment selected for Russia’s first FLNG

    2 September 2015
    Project & Tenders, Vessels

    LNG Gorskaya of Russia informed it has awarded a contract to Italian engineering corporation Nuovo Pignone, a subsidiary of the GE Oil & Gas, for the production and supply of main equipment for the construction the country’s first floating liquefaction project.

  • Congestion, Delays and Bad Weather Affect Odfjell’s Q1 Operation

    8 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    The time-charter results are in line with the last quarter, according to Odfjell’s first quarter results for this year. Namely, chemical tankers EBITDA for the first quarter of 2014 is USD 17 million, compared with USD 19 million in the fourth quarter of 2013. The tank terminal results remained stable except for the company’s terminal […]

  • CMB.TECH offloads three Suezmaxes on fleet rejuvenation quest

    9 December 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    As part of its fleet rejuvenation agenda, Belgium-based shipowner CMB.TECH has sold three of its Suezmax tankers for nearly $120 million.

  • Pirate ‘washes ashore with cash’

    13 January 2009

    The body of a Somali pirate who reportedly drowned soon after receiving a huge ransom has washed ashore with $153,000 in cash, his uncle says. The man was one of a group of pirates who seized the Saudi supertanker Sirius Star in November. They reportedly received $3m (£1.95m) for freeing the tanker but five were […]

  • Puffin delivers first crude cargo

    30 October 2007

    AED Oil’s wholly owned Puffin oil project delivered its first crude cargo of 328,000 barrels of oil. The crude cargo was lifted from floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel Front Puffin to trading tanker Mayon Spirit. The API gravity for the crude cargo was calculated at 43.6, which corresponds with the previously published API.

  • Update 1: K Line says Al Oraiq in “stable condition” after collision off Belgium

    6 October 2015
    Vessels

    Twelve people were rescued at sea after the Dutch freighter Flinterstar collided with LNG tanker Al Oraiq early Tuesday morning off the coast of Belgium. One person was injured in the accident and was being treated for hypothermia. “K Line LNG Shipping (UK) Limited reports that today at appx 0400 local time its LNG carrier ‘Al Oraiq‘ whilst […]

  • Prime Minister of Norway to Visit REMONTOWA Group in Gdansk

    10 June 2011

    On June 10, 2011, Jens Stoltenberg, the Prime Minister of Norway, is expected to visit Gdansk in Poland to have bilateral meeting with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk. Norwegian Prime Minister regularly meets his colleagues in the countries that are about to take over the EU presidency, which will be the case with Poland, from […]

  • Image of the Day: Iver Ambition Rejuvenated

    9 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    Dutch shipping company Vroon is bringing its bitumen tanker Iver Ambition, former San Lorenzo, back into service after the ship recently completed an extensive drydocking in Singapore. During her drydocking the vessel was repainted in Vroon livery and renamed from San Lorenzo. In addition, she passed her first special survey. After successful completion of sea trials, […]

  • Global Carriers to double net profit with fleet expansion

    14 June 2007

    Global Carriers Bhd is optimistic of doubling its revenue and net profit in five years, on the back of its fleet expansion activities, said executive chairman Datuk Azlan Hashim. ‘We have already bought two (oil tankers) and our plan is to order four more in the next four years,’ he said after the company AGM […]

  • GE Shipping sells crude carrier

    4 July 2006

    Great Eastern Shipping Company Ltd., (GE Shipping) today said it has signed a contract to sell Aframax crude carrier ‘Jag Leena’. The sale of the 1985 built crude carrier was in line with the increasing preference towards double hull tankers – a ship equipped with double skin of steel separated by a distance of 2 […]

  • Floating LNG terminal OK’d off Baja coast

    24 April 2005

    Mexico’s environmental agency has approved another liquefied natural gas receiving terminal for Baja California. The $55 million floating project would be built about five miles off the coast of Rosarito Beach by Moss Maritime, a global leader in LNG tanker construction, and Mexican partner Terminales y Almacenes Maritimos de Mexico (TAMMSA).

  • Nigerian LNG Cargo to Arrive in Rotterdam Today

    11 July 2012

    Dutch Gate terminal in the Port of Rotterdam will welcome the Nigerian LNG tanker LNG Port Harcourt today, according to the shipping data. LNG Port Harcourt can carry up to 122,000 cubic metres of LNG. AIS Live ship tracking data showed that the ship left the Bonny liquefaction and export terminal in Nigeria on June 27. […]

  • VIDEO: new LNG station in Veurne, Belgium

    21 October 2014

    Mattheeuws Eric Transport and Fluxys have recently  opened an LNG filling station in Veurne, Belgium. Construction of the filling station started in February this year and it was completed in September. The station is supplied by tanker trucks from the LNG terminal in Zeebrugge.   This content is available after accepting the cookies. Change cookie-settings View on […]

  • Frontline Bets on Strong Market Rebound once Coronavirus is Contained

    27 February 2020
    Business & Finance

    Frontline posted the highest quarterly net income in more than eleven years.