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  • Dockwise tanker conversion well on track

    10 April 2008

    Dockwise Ltd. reports that within its shipping division the conversion of 4 Suezmax tankers into modern semi-submersible cargo vessels is well on track to meet the estimated delivery dates later in 2008. Such is the conclusion of the site visit report of Rob Strijland, the recently appointed COO of Dockwise Shipping, part of the Dockwise […]

  • BP to Offload MR2 Tanker Trio

    26 February 2018
    Business & Finance

    BP has been linked to the sale of three Middle Range 2 (MR2) tanker veterans.

  • Oil tanker hijacked in the Somali waters

    30 March 2006

    Somali pirates have hijacked giant oil tanker near El Ade port in North Mogadishu. The tanker is reported to have recently unloaded diesel in the port.

  • 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, […]

  • Tanker oil leak disaster looms

    7 December 2007

    A large oil tanker was gushing thousands of tonnes of oil off South Korea’s west coast today after being hit a barge, South Korea’s maritime ministry said. The Hong Kong-registered Hebei Spirit was struck while at anchor off Daesan port in the Taean region and the ministry said it had already leaked some 10,800 tonnes […]

  • 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 […]

  • Tufton Oceanic buys tanker and bulker

    5 January 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    UK’s investment company Tufton Oceanic Assets Limited has decided to expand its fleet with two vessels.

  • NYK and partners wrap up ship-to-ship liquefied ammonia transfer off Spain

    24 September 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance

    Japanese shipping company NYK, in collaboration with ammonia trader Trammo, has completed its first ship-to-ship (STS) transfer of liquefied ammonia.

  • 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 […]

  • US Blacklists Six Venezuelan Tankers

    4 December 2019

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

  • Sunken tanker continues to leak oil

    1 September 2006

    BUNKER fuel continues to leak from two tanks of the sunken M/T Solar 1, but only in “very small” quantities, a Coast Guard official said. The leaks on the tanks, each with a capacity of 200,000 liters, were discovered by the remote-operated submersible from the Japanese salvage ship Shin Sei Maru, which took video footage […]

  • 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 […]

  • Hydrex Installs PBCF on Two Tankers

    16 January 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Last month Hydrex installed Propeller Boss Cap Fins (PBCF) on two tankers during their respective stops in Ghent and Antwerp. As a result of the underwater operation, the ships will not have to wait for their next drydock visit to start benefitting from the fuel savings the PBCF’s will bring them. The Propeller Boss Cap […]

  • Cameron LNG-dedicated tanker delivered

    4 November 2020
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK Line) on November 3, took delivery of Diamond Gas Metropolis, a Cameron LNG dedicated tanker.

  • 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. […]

  • 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. […]

  • Report: Another Tanker Attacked by Houthis

    25 July 2018

     A Saudi oil tanker has reportedly been attacked by the Houthi movement while underway in the Red Sea.

  • Tanker Oversupply Might Be Easing Up

    18 August 2014
    Business & Finance

    Although the Caribbean market for Aframaxes has taken a precipitous tumble last week, other tanker segments have maintained healthy spot rates suggesting that vessel oversupply could be moderating in the general sense, Poten & Partners reports in their latest  ‘Tanker Opinions’. “Since ordering momentum continues, due in large part to a feeling that the market is coming […]

  • 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 […]

  • ExxonMobil Hires Singapore’s 1st LNG-Fueled Bunker Tanker

    16 August 2019
    Business & Finance

    The vessel will join Sinanju’s 13-vessel bunker fleet in December 2019.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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, […]

  • 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 […]