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  • GTT tanks ordered for Celsius Tankers LNG newbuilds

    27 September 2018
    Vessels

    French LNG containment specialist, GTT received an order from the Korean shipyard Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) to design tanks for two liquefied natural carriers.

  • Maersk Tankers Opts for Transas ECDIS

    9 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    Maersk Tankers has selected Transas to implement ECDIS compliance program across its 75 strong fleet to meet the IMO requirement for  ECDIS on board all tankers over 3,000 gross metric tonnes from July 1, 2015. The agreement includes ECDIS installations for both retrofit and for newbuilt vessels for Maersk Tankers. According to the agreement signed between Group Procurement in Maersk […]

  • Norway: Odfjell Orders LPG Tankers

    1 October 2013

    Odfjell signed shipbuilding contracts with Nantong Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering for construction of four LPG/Ethylene gas carriers of 17,000 cbm. During the last years this shipyard has delivered several gas carriers, and is regarded to have one of the very few construction facilities in China able to meet Odfjell’s quality standards for building of such […]

  • Imabari Clinches LNG Tanker Order

    28 April 2014
    Project & Tenders

    Imabari Shipbuilding said it has won newbuilding contracts for two LNG carriers from Spanish shipping company Elcano. The order was secured in cooperation with Mitsubishi Corporation. These two LNG carriers will be built at the Saijo Shipyard and delivered in 2017 to Elcano. “Based on the Panama Canal expansion and diversified LNG market, these LNG Carriers dramatically […]

  • Aker Floating Production acquired two more tankers

    1 June 2006

    Aker Floating Production has today acquired two tankers – the `Polar Alaska` and the `Polar California` – for USD 55 million en block. Both tankers are built at National Steel in the US and have an approximate storage capacity of 1.3 million barrels. Early May Aker Floating Production announced the acquisition of a third tanker […]

  • Product Tanker Orderbook at Historic Low

    27 October 2017

    Despite somewhat increased activity in terms of new orders in the product tanker sector in the first nine months of 2017, the orderbook remains at historically low levels, as disclosed by Capital Product Partners L.P. in a market commentary. The MR product tanker orderbook currently stands at 7.2% of the fleet, the lowest level on record. In addition, […]

  • Norstar Takes Facility to Buy Two LR1 Tankers

    14 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    Singapore-headquartered tanker operator Norstar Shipping Ltd. has secured a USD 32 million senior secured credit facility from New York-based CIT Maritime Finance, a subsidiary of CIT Group Inc., to acquire two long range (LR1) product tankers. Financing was provided by CIT Bank, N.A., the principal bank subsidiary of CIT, and the terms of the transaction were […]

  • Hafnia Tankers Acquires LR1 Quartet

    11 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    Danish shipping company Hafnia Tankers has entered into an agreement to acquire four LR1 product tankers as it pushes to further expand its business within the product tanker segment. The quarter is scheduled to be delivered during the month of February. Once delivered, the vessels will all be joining the Straits Tankers LR1 Pool. The vessels in question […]

  • Deltamarin, Aker Arctic develop LNG-powered tanker

    18 September 2015
    Vessels

    Deltamarin and Aker Arctic Technology have jointly developed a Aframax-sized tanker concept for arctic use with an option to be powered by LNG.

  • Bermuda: Nordic American Tankers Receives New 158.000 DWT Tanker Nordic Breeze Built by SHI

    25 August 2011

    Nordic American Tankers Limited today took delivery of the Nordic Breeze,a suezmax newbuilding tanker of 158,000 deadweight tons built at Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. , South Korea. The Nordic Breeze will be employed in the Gemini Suezmax cooperation. One further vessel, the Nordic Zenith, is also under construction at Samsung. This suezmax vessel is […]

  • Navig8 Chemical Tankers Delivers Loss

    20 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    Navig8 Chemical Tankers, a joint venture between the Navig8 Group and Oaktree Capital Management, has delivered a net loss in the quarter ended September 30, mainly due to lower rates. The company’s net loss for the period was at USD 4.9 million, compared to the net income of USD 3.7 million, for the same three months of […]

  • VIDEO: Abandoned Tanker in Liberia Listing

    13 May 2016

    The mysterious crewless oil tanker Tamaya 1 that washed ashore early this month in Liberia is listing to the starboard, according to the country’s Ministry of National Defense. In addition, following an inspection by the Liberian Coast Guard, it has been determined that the 1,441 DWT oil tanker was gutted by fire, leaving the bridge-upper and control […]

  • Owner of Abandoned Tanker in Liberia Emerges

    18 May 2016

    A Nigerian national, identified as Robert M. Saigba, has claimed ownership of the mysterious crewless ship Tamaya 1 that washed ashore on Liberian coast on May 3, Agence Africaine de Presse (APA) writes citing a statement from the country’s Defense Ministry. As disclosed, the ship was bought in 2015, and has since been operating under H. Matic’s Resources Limited based […]

  • South Korea to build tankers for Russia

    1 June 2005

    The keels of two Aframax super-tankers were laid at South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries ship-yard in Ulsan on orders from Russia’s Primorye (Maritime) shipping company (PRISCO corporation), reports the corporate press center. Korean ship-builders are to lay the third tanker’s keel there on July 11, 2005. These ships will carry Sakhalin oil from the Khabarovsk […]

  • Monaco: Scorpio Tankers Takes Delivery of STI Ruby

    7 September 2012

    Scorpio Tankers Inc. announced that it has taken delivery of STI Ruby, the third MR vessel under its previously announced Newbuilding program. STI Ruby is the third of ten vessels scheduled for delivery under the Company’s Newbuilding program. Upon delivery, the vessel began a time charter for up to 120 days at $18,250 per day […]

  • Capital Gas, Euronav, and Maran Tankers lead the pack as last week’s tanker orders hit 17

    26 April 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    Newbuild ordering in the tanker industry is picking up momentum with 17 new tanker orders placed last week, shipbroking reports show. Several big industry names make up the list of buyers, including Euronav, Maran Tankers, and Capital Gas, signaling renewed confidence in the industry’s future. The orderbook for new tankers is currently at its lowest […]

  • US Blacklists Six Venezuelan Tankers

    4 December 2019

    The United States has blacklisted six tankers that were shipping crude oil from Venezuela to Cuba. 

  • Choppy Seas Ahead for Chemical Tankers

    10 March 2015

     Chemical tanker shipping faces another challenging year of falling freight rates in 2015 but the trade is expected to recover next year, according to Drewry’s latest edition of the Chemical Forecaster. Seaborne trade in chemicals and associated products fell by 1.2% in volume terms in 2014. Drewry attributes this decrease to the overall weakness in the Chinese and […]

  • Gener8 Maritime Enters Tanker Scene

    8 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    Crude oil tanker operator General Maritime Corporation and Navig8 Crude Tankers Inc have completed their merger to create Gener8 Maritime, a U.S.-based provider of international seaborne oil transportation services.  Under the deal, Navig8 Crude merged with a newly-formed subsidiary of General Maritime and became a wholly-owned subsidiary of General Maritime. General Maritime was renamed Gener8 Maritime. […]

  • Secondhand Crude Tankers in High Demand

    26 February 2015

    Crude market sparked considerable interest in 2014 with 170 crude tankers of a combined 35.7m dwt reportedly sold, more than double the volume of crude tonnage sold in 2013, Clarksons reports. Rise in crude sales volumes has been attributed to increased interest in larger tonnage, with 47% of crude sales accounted for by VLCC transactions, which totalled […]

  • Intertanko Objects Nigerian Tanker Ban

    23 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    The International Association of Independent Tanker Owners (Intertanko) has issued a letter of protest to Nigerian National Petroleum Corp (NITC) against the oil corporation’s decision to ban 113 tankers from Nigerian waters. According to the decision, 113 tankers were banned “from engaging in crude oil/gas loading activities in any of the terminals within the Nigerian territorial waters until […]

  • Tanker crew rescued after collision

    31 January 2006

    All 22 members of the crew of a chemical tanker that collided with a cargo ship in the English Channel early today have been rescued by helicopter and lifeboat, officials said.

  • LNG tanker scheduled at Dahej this week

    22 April 2015

    Petronet’s Dahej LNG import terminal on India’s west coast is about to receive a cargo of the chilled gas from Qatar. The cargo is being hauled by the 138,700 cbm Raahi LNG carrier and it is due to dock at the 10 Mtpa terminal on April 23, according to shipping data. RasGas of Qatar has this […]

  • Saga Tankers’ Income Down in 1H

    30 August 2017
    Business & Finance

    Norway-based shipping company Saga Tankers recorded a net income of NOK 41.4 million (USD 5.3 million) in the first half of this year, down from a net income of NOK 116.1 million (USD 15 million) posted in the same period a year earlier. EBITDA for the first half dropped to NOK 42.4 million from NOK […]

  • NAT Cancels the Purchase of a Suezmax Tanker

    10 June 2013

    In Nordic American Tankers’ Ltd. (NAT) press release of March 20, the Company announced that it had entered into an agreement to acquire a suezmax tanker. The tanker was to be delivered no later than mid-May 2013. On request of the Seller of the vessel, NAT agreed to extend the delivery date until June 15, […]