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  • Ullman: The Tanker Boom Is Now With Us

    31 January 2020
    Business & Finance

    The long-awaited recovery of the tanker market finally materialized at the end of 2019.

  • IRISL Denies Ordering Tankers at Sadra

    25 October 2018
    Business & Finance

    IRISL refutes shipbroking reports that linked the company to an order for three tankers at Sadra.

  • Euronav Offloads Another Tanker Oldie

    5 December 2017
    Business & Finance

    Belgium-based tanker owner Euronav NV has disposed of another ship in an effort to reduce the age of its fleet and invest in new vessels.  The company has sold Flandre, a very large crude carrier (VLCC), for USD 45 million to “a global supplier and operator of offshore floating platforms.” The France-flagged vessel is expected to […]

  • Four People Die in Tanker Blast

    15 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    Four people have died in an explosion that occurred on Monday on board a Pertamina-owned tanker while undergoing repairs at Belawan Port in North Sumatra. Three victims died on the spot, while the fourth worker died in a hospital succumbing to fatal injuries. Pertamina spokesman Brasto Galih Nugroho confirmed to the Jakarata Post that the tanker […]

  • Two Chemical Tankers Join Navig8

    12 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    Navig8, a fully integrated provider of shipping management services, has welcomed two additions to its growing fleet, namely the UACC Manama and UACC Shamiya. The two chemical tankers will join Chronos8 Pool, the company said on Friday. UACC Manama, built in 2010 is slated for delivery in May 2014, whereas the delivery of UACC Shamiya, […]

  • Daewoo Seeks Gas Tanker Order

    6 March 2005

    Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, the world’s No. 2 shipbuilder, said yesterday that it aims to win more than half of 44 gas-tanker orders from Qatar by 2010. Of the total, Daewoo Shipbuilding has already secured at least 15 tankers, Chung Sung-lip, chief executive of the company, said.

  • Mingde Heavy Pens Seven Tankers

    10 October 2013

    Nantong Mingde Heavy, a fast-growing private-owned enterprise, has signed a new contract under which the yard will build seven eco-friendly 24,000 dwt stainless steel chemical tankers for a European shipowner. This is the first big deal for high-value added ships signed by any Nantong-based shipyard, with the exception of NACKS, since the financial crisis, SinoShip reports citing […]

  • Ocean Tankers purchases fourth ship

    24 January 2007

    Ocean Tankers Holdings Public Company Limited has increased its fleet to four ships with the delivery of tanker M/T Montauk on 24/1/2007 in Japan, local time 3.30. M/T Montauk has been renamed to M/T Kalia and has already hoisted the Cypriot flag.

  • Atlantis’ Chemical Tanker Launched in Turkey

    26 January 2017
    Business & Finance

    Turkish shipping company Atlantis Tankers informed that its chemical/product tanker Atlantis Augusta was launched at compatriot Selay shipyard on January 23, 2017.  The 5,700 dwt Atlantis Augusta is the ninth newbuilding in the company’s fleet. The construction of the ship originally started at Marmara shipyard. However, it was disrupted in the aftermath of the Lehman Crisis and […]

  • Wärtsilä Unveils Upgraded Tanker Design

    10 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    Wärtsilä has launched its SK 5054 MkII ship design, a further development and upgraded version of the SK 5054 design. The launch of the new chemical and oil products tanker design will take place at the Wärtsilä stand in Hall A4, Booth 305 at the SMM conference and exhibition in Hamburg, Germany. The Wärtsilä SK 5054 ship […]

  • Bunker One launches its 1st methanol-ready tanker

    2 June 2023
    Business Developments & Projects

    Marine fuel supplier Bunker One has launched its first methanol-ready bunker tanker.

  • Product Tanker Grounds off Kenya

    27 June 2017

    The 1988-built product tanker Theresa Arctic, which ran aground off the coast of Kilifi in Kenya on June 20, could soon be refloated, according to local media. The Netherlands-based SMIT Salvage, as well as the local salvage company Alpha Logistics were reportedly hired to undertake the refloating operation. The vessel, which was loaded with 27,500 mt of vegetable oil […]

  • DSME hits LNG tanker milestone

    16 August 2016
    Vessels

    South Korean shipbuilding giant Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering said it has recently delivered its 100th liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker. DSME noted in its statement it started constructing LNG carriers back in 1992, and delivered the first one in 1995. The Greek-flagged 173,400-cbm Maran Gas Amphipolis left from DSME’s shipyard in Geoje, South Korea on […]

  • Infographic: Highest Valued Tanker Company

    25 August 2015

    In this week’s infographic we presents to you the Highest Valued Company operating in the tanker market. The company that tops the extensive list of tanker owners and operators is Monaco-based Scorpio Tankers, boasting a fleet worth USD 3.3 billion. Scorpio Tankers owns 78 tankers with an average age of 1 year, time charters-in 17 […]

  • CSET to Order 14 New Tankers

    31 October 2017
    Business & Finance

    The Board of Directors of COSCO Shipping Energy Transportation (CSET) has approved an investment in 14 new tankers, the company said in a regulatory filing. As informed, Dalian Shipbuilding will be in charge of constructing four new ships of 32,000 dwt and three crude oil tankers of 160,000 dwt. CSSC Offshore & Marine Engineering (Group) […]

  • 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 […]

  • Pirates seize tankers off Somalia

    27 March 2009

    Pirates have seized two European-owned tankers off the coast of Somalia in the past day, officials have said. The Greek-owned vessel Nipayia, with 19 crew on board, was seized on Wednesday, the Nato Shipping Centre said. The Norwegian-owned tanker Bow Asir was captured by pirates on Thursday. It had a crew of 27 on board, […]

  • Navig8 Chemical Tankers Takes Two More Newbuilds

    27 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    A chemical tanker fleet operator Navig8 Chemical Tankers has taken delivery of two more ECO 37,000 dwt chemical tankers constructed at Korea’s Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD). The 42,000 cbm Navig8 Ametrine and Navig8 Aventurine are the fourth and the fifth out of eighteen chemical tankers ordered at HMD. Navig8 Chemical Tankers has also recently closed a private placement […]

  • Oil tanker boarded near Oman

    11 January 2024
    Green Marine, Regulation & Policy, Safety, Vessels

    An oil tanker was boarded by unidentified armed individuals in military uniforms early this morning, some 50 nautical miles east of Sohar, Oman, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said. Upon boarding, the vessel has reportedly altered course toward Iranian territorial waters and communication with the vessel has been lost. Authorities are said to […]

  • VIDEO: Life on Board LNG Tanker

    15 March 2013
    Vessels

    Meet the crew of Provalys, one of the largest LNG tankers in the world when it arrived at the terminal of Montoir-de-Bretagne and during the unloading of liquefied natural gas (LNG). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5QUjFThXd0 When taken into service in 2006, the 154,000 m3 LNG carrier “Provalys” was the largest LNG carrier in existence. The ‘Provalys’ is propelled […]

  • Stena Line Ferry Collides with Tanker

    20 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    Stena Line’s Ro-Pax vessel Stena Jutlandica carrying 600 people on board collided with a Danish-flagged tanker outside Gothenburg, on Sunday morning, Swedish Coast Guard informed.  The tanker, identified as Ternvind, operated by Terntank, had 13 crew members on board who are all reported to be safe. The ferry sustained a considerable blow in the crash, which saw […]

  • 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 […]

  • Stena adds one Suezmax tanker

    1 June 2010

    Stena Bulk has added one more Suezmax tanker to its series at Samsung in South Korea, bringing it to seven vessels, six ordered by Stena Bulk and one by the sister company Concordia Maritime. The now ordered 158,000-DWT tanker will as its sisters enter service with the Stena Sonangol Suezmax pool when delivered by the […]

  • Aframax Tanker Newbuilding Joins TEN

    12 April 2017
    Business & Finance

    Greek tanker owner and operator Tsakos Energy Navigation (TEN) has taken delivery of its new Aframax tanker Sola TS, the sixth in a series of nine ships ordered from Romania-based Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries. The 112,700 dwt tanker, built on long term contract to Norway’s oil major Statoil, features a length of 250 meters and a […]

  • Sulpuric acid leaks from tanker

    18 August 2006

    Kochi, Aug. 18 (PTI): Sulphuric acid leaked from a tanker transporting about 8000 litres of the acid from the Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore (FACT)’s Udyogamandal plant to its Ambelamedu plant here today. The leakage was noticed as the tanker was passing through Kakkanad near the district collectorate, fire force personnel who immediately rushed to the […]