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  • Kidnapped crew members of Curacao Trader freed

    28 August 2020
    Human Capital, Safety, Vessels

    The 13 crew members of product tanker MT Curacao Trader, who were kidnapped off Benin back in July, have been released and are all safe and well. The information was confirmed by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs earlier this week, saying that 7 Russian sailors were released on August 24. As Offshore Energy-Green Marine […]

  • Top Ships Investigated over Kalani Share Issuance Scheme

    25 August 2017
    Business & Finance

    An investigation has been launched on behalf of investors of Top Ships, a Marshall Islands-incorporated tanker owner and operator, into the company’s dealings with Kalani Investment. According to US-based law firm Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP (GPM), the investigation concerns the company and its officers’ possible violations of federal securities laws. The investigation is said to be instigated […]

  • Drewry: Fleet Oversupply to Weaken Chemical Shipping Rates

    8 November 2016
    Business & Finance

    Softening seaborne trade and rising fleet growth are expected to depress chemical shipping freight rates over the next few years, according to shipping consultancy Drewry. Spot rates collapsed in the third quarter as some charterers who usually fix their cargoes on contract took advantage of low spot rates. This situation also weighed on time charter […]

  • Gazprom M&T: SUMIS lab opens

    30 September 2014

    A newly refurbished Laboratory of Electric Machines co-sponsored by GM&T and Dynagas was opened at the Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland Shipping (SUMIS). The Laboratory will enable SUMIS cadets to learn different modes of vessel electric propulsion system operation (free wave, rough sea, ice conditions, acceleration, stopping, emergency). Additionally, cadets will be able […]

  • DryShips Sells 17 Bulkers, Rest of the Fleet Up for Grabs

    10 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    Owner of drybulk carriers DryShips Inc. has entered into firm sales agreements with entities controlled by the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, George Economou, to sell 17 vessels. The 17 vessels, comprised of 13 Capesize and 4 Panamax bulk carriers, are being sold for an aggregate price of USD 377 million, DryShips said. The […]

  • Algoma Withdraws Six Oldies from Service

    22 February 2016
    Business & Finance

    Canada’s Algoma Central Corporation has decided to retire five domestic dry-bulk vessels and a product tanker that had reached the end of their economic life. “Our decision to retire the dry-bulk vessels reflects our view that the current domestic market capacity exceeds customer demand and certain of our older vessels are no longer economic to operate […]

  • Martek Marine Release New Gas Monitoring System (UK)

    8 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    Martek Marine has released Marine Tankscape, a new gas monitoring system for tankers and reefer vessels which removes the need for seafarers taking hand notes on deck by producing a certificate for Port State Control and other inspectors as well as storing the information for download. The new Marine Tankscape system incorporates seven instruments for […]

  • MSI: Shipping Faces a Stormy Road to Recovery

    11 November 2016
    Business & Finance

    The shipping industry is set to experience a stormy road to recovery, with uneven supply/demand trends set to test the nerve of investors and operators, according to research and consultancy firm Maritime Strategies International (MSI). Addressing the Hansa Forum in Hamburg, Germany this week, MSI Senior Analyst James Frew warned that the industry will continue to face multiple […]

  • Oil Production from Siri Area Starts Again

    5 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    On Thursday, 28th of January, the oil tanker Siri Knutsen was connected via pipelines to three of the Siri area’s four oil fields. Thus, E&P is again able to produce from the Siri area, and yesterday Nini East delivered the first oil drops. The fields in the Siri area have not been in operation since […]

  • EUNAVFOR Stops Group of Suspected Pirates Off Somalia

    30 March 2012

    EU Counter Piracy Naval Forces (EUNAVFOR) have tracked down and stopped a group of suspected pirates who were believed to have tried to attack a Hong-Kong flagged tanker approximately 400 nautical miles off the coast of Somalia. EU Naval Force warship FS Aconit was called to investigate after the tanker came under attack on 26 […]

  • USCG: Detained Ship Departs Baltimore after 10 Months

    10 August 2017

    Having been detained for the last ten months, the 5,900 dwt tanker Asphalt Trader departed Baltimore on August 5, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) said.  The Greece-flagged Asphalt Trader, previously known as Newlead Granadino, was detained for numerous safety discrepancies found during compliance inspections in 2016 and 2017. Representatives of the Coast Guard Sector […]

  • Iran’s NITC Affected by Sanctions, Despite EU Blacklisting Overturn

    15 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    Iran’s leading oil tanker firm NITC still has a long and arduous way ahead in the effort to reach its pre-sanction export levels, in spite of the EU General Court’s ruling against the EU’s 2012 blacklisting designation of the company.   NITC, sanctioned both by the EU and the United States, contested the blacklist designation by […]

  • ISS Advises of Ice Conditions Affecting Shipping Operations

    8 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) is advising that due to the extreme cold weather which has settled over the eastern North American continent, there have been heavy delays in shipping operations since 4th January 2014. The delays have been caused primarily by ice build-up between Lanoraie and the Three Rivers (St. Lawrence River). Three Canadian Coastguard […]

  • Schulte secures approval from German competition watchdog to buy LNG ship manager Pronav

    13 February 2018
    Project & Tenders

    Hamburg shipowning and management group Bernhard Schulte has received an approval from Germany’s competition watchdog to acquire liquefied natural gas (LNG) ship manager Pronav. With this merger approval by the German Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt), the acquisition announced in January is now finalized. Pronav manages six carriers which all under long-term charters to LNG producing giant […]

  • Elenger’s LNG bunkering vessel nearing completion

    21 September 2020
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    Damen’s Yichang yard in China has recently launched a 6,500-cbm LNG bunkering vessel for Elenger, formerly known as Eesti Gaas. Following delivery in the first quarter of 2021, the vessel named Optimus will start supplying LNG to a wide range of ships in the eastern part of the Baltic Sea, especially the Gulf of Finland. […]

  • Interactive Image: Piracy Attacks Over Time

    24 June 2015

    Almost everybody has heard about piracy off the Horn of Africa, or ships being attacked ships in the Indian Ocean. While piracy has been a constant threat throughout maritime history, the face of piracy has also been constantly changing. Pirates can be loosely defined in three groups: the mafia, the kidnappers, and the thieves. Mafia […]

  • Oil exports begin from Gazprom’s Gulf of Ob field

    22 August 2014
    Project & Tenders

    Gulf of Ob is the largest bay of the Kara Sea. It is located at the mouth of the Ob River and bordered in the west by the Yamal Peninsula.

  • The Indian Navy captures 28 pirates

    7 February 2011

    The Indian Navy captured 28 pirates and freed 24 hostages on February 6, about 100 nautical miles off Kavaratti. The Naval Command deployed off Kavaratti received information regarding an attack against the Greek-registered crude oil tanker Chios, 301.824 DWT, on February 5 and where asked to locate the pirates who had carried out the unsuccessful […]

  • Cryonorm to Supply LNG Fuel System for Two Anthony Veder’s Carriers

    19 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    Cryonorm Systems receives order to install the LNG fuel system on two gas carriers for Anthony Veder. The order consists of a turn key LNG fuel system for two gas tankers. Cryonorm Systems will engineer, produce and supervise the installation of the LNG system. Anthony Veder and Cryonorm Systems reached an agreement to partner in […]

  • Trinidad LNG Cargo Heads for Argentina

    2 January 2013

    Trinidad and Tobago shipped an LNG cargo from the Point Fortin terminal to Argentina on Monday, according to shipping data. The cargo is being carried by the Polar Spirit, an 89,880 cubic-meter tanker, and it is due to arrive at Argentina’s Escobar LNG terminal on January 13. Point Fortin LNG terminal produced 14,664,884 mt of […]

  • Guangzhou Hangtong Bags Two

    19 January 2016
    Business & Finance

    China’s shipbuilder Guangzhou Hangtong Shipbuilding and Shipping Co is starting the new year with an order for two 78,000 dwt oil tankers. The shipyard did not disclose the owner of the ships nor the perspective delivery dates. The only detail disclosed apart from the fact that the order has been placed by a local shipowner is […]

  • Keppel Offshore & Marine secures $140 million worth of contracts from repeat customers

    2 April 2010

    Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited (Keppel O&M) through its subsidiaries, Keppel Shipyard, Keppel FELS and Keppel Verolme, has secured $140 million worth of contracts for the conversion of a Floating Production Storage and Offloading facility (FPSO) and repair and modification of two semisubmersibles (semi). Keppel Shipyard will undertake the upgrading and conversion of a Suezmax […]

  • A.P. Moller – Maersk Group statement on piracy

    16 April 2009

    In light of the hijacking of MAERSK ALABAMA and hostage-taking of Captain Richard Phillips, the A.P. Moller – Maersk Group is making a thorough investigation of the events. Based on this investigation, the Group will review its policies and procedures for sailing off the coast of Somalia and take appropriate action. “Our main concern is […]

  • Codelco of Chile to Buy Two LNG Cargoes from Metrogas

    17 January 2014
    Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Codelco of Chile signed a deal to buy two cargoes of LNG for about $100 million from Metrogas, the company said in a statement. Two 165,000 cbm tankers will deliver the cargoes during 2014 and in 2015 to the Mejillones LNG terminal, operated by GDF Suez, in which Codelco has a 37% stake. The deal […]

  • Mexico receives LNG cargo from Peru

    23 February 2015
    Vessels

    Peru’s only LNG export facility dispatched its third cargo for the month of February onboard the 173,400 cbm Valencia Knutsen.