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  • Hydrex Repairs Tanker’s Propeller in Dubai

    28 August 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Hydrex mobilized an emergency team to Dubai to perform underwater inspection and repair on a 184-meter chemical tanker after it hit a buoy.  After the equipment arrived at the vessel’s location the team started the operation with an underwater survey of the ship. The inspection revealed that only a single blade of the propeller had been damaged. Because the […]

  • NYK Denies Tanker Leak Claims

    19 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    Japanese shipping company NYK Line refuted recent reports saying that one of the tankers operated by the company had sprung an oil leak while in Tokyo Bay. “On May 16 (Saturday) and 17 (Sunday), a few media outlets reported that crude oil had leaked from Takamine, a tanker operated by NYK Line, while the ship was […]

  • Tanker Ocean Mare Arrested in Singapore

    26 June 2017
    Business & Finance

    The 2006-built crude oil tanker Ocean Mare has been arrested in Singapore, most likely due to unresolved payments, according to Supreme Court of Singapore’s records. Owned by India-based Varun Shipping, the 106,004 dwt vessel was arrested in the afternoon hours of June 22, following instructions from a local law firm Haridass Ho & Partners. Focal Investigation & Security […]

  • Costamare Bulkers to collaborate with Cargill on dry bulk ships. Decarbonization projects included

    30 September 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy

    Monaco-based dry bulk vessel owner and operator Costamare Bulkers Holdings Limited has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Swiss freight trader Cargill International covering dry bulk vessels and decarbonization projects.

  • Mediterranean oil tanker rates rise

    27 November 2005

    LONDON, Sun: The cost of shipping crude oil on million-barrel tankers from ports in the Mediterranean Sea rose to its highest in almost a year as restrictions in the Turkish straits kept vessels from picking up cargoes.

  • Tanker runs aground on Finnish coast

    3 April 2006

    The tanker Weserstern ran aground near the city of Porvoo in the Gulf of Finland Sunday. The crew of 15 is unharmed and no spills have been detected.

  • Aker Philadelphia Shipyard Christens New Tanker, USA

    31 January 2013

    Crowley Maritime Corporation christened its newest tanker, Florida, yesterday, January 30, at the Aker Philadelphia Shipyard and will soon put the 330,000-barrel ship to use in the U.S. Gulf for a major energy customer. This U.S.-flag vessel is the second of two American built, operated and crewed tankers Crowley purchased last year from Aker. More […]

  • NewLead Charters Out Bitumen Tanker

    25 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    The Greek dry bulk carrier and tanker operator NewLead Holdings has entered into its first contract of affreightment with an undisclosed client for one of the five bitumen tankers recently added to the fleet.  The 2009-built Katerina L has been chartered for a period of ten months, and will ship a minimum of 31,000 tons of bitumen over […]

  • Seafarer Evacuated from d’Amico Tanker

    25 September 2017
    Business & Finance

    One of the crew members from the tanker High Courage was evacuated from the ship after he lost consciousness and needed immediate medical attention. As a prudent measure, the Master requested medevac of the electrician on September 22. The New York Police Department (NYPD) deployed its Air Sea Rescue officers to assist the man. An NYPD […]

  • Iraq Blacklists Three Oil Tankers

    10 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    Three oil tankers, two Suezmaxes and one Panamax, have been banned from loading at Iraqi oil terminals as a reaction to direct exports of crude by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) over the objections of Baghdad, Platts quoted shipping market sources as saying Friday, October 10. “The United Carrier, the United Dynamic and the Nautilus will […]

  • Navig8 Chemical Tankers Stays in Black

    10 May 2016
    Business & Finance

    Navig8 Chemical Tankers, a joint venture between the Navig8 Group and Oaktree Capital Management, reported its net income for the first quarter of 2016 at USD 10.4 million against a net income of USD 9.1 million for the three months ended December 31, 2015. The shipping company, which focuses on the transportation of chemicals, accepted its first two newbuilding deliveries […]

  • Maersk Product Tankers back to black

    25 March 2020
    Business & Finance

    Danish tanker owner and operator Maersk Product Tankers returned to black having reported a profit of $91.4 million for 2019 as freight markets improved across all tanker segments. The profit marks a significant recovery when compared to a loss of $35 million a year earlier. The tanker shipping company reported an increase in revenue to […]

  • Oil Tanker Grounds in Suez Canal

    12 May 2016

    A 163,038 DWT oil tanker ran aground at 159 km of the Suez Canal early this morning shortly after it entered the canal, GAC Egypt informed. The ship’s position corresponds to that of the Sea Landsort which is stopped in the Suez Canal, based on its latest AIS info from Marine Traffic. The Panama-flagged tanker, built in 1991 was the […]

  • BHIC Completes Sale of Chulan Tankers

    6 May 2016
    Business & Finance

    Malaysia’s Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation Berhad (BHIC) has finalized the sale of three chemical tankers owned by its three subsidiaries with Jasa Merin (Labuan), SILK Holdings’ subsidiary, for a total of USD 17.1 million. In December 2015, each of the three subsidiaries including BHIC Marine Carriers (BMC), BHIC Marine Ventures (BMV) and BHIC Marine Transport (BMT) entered into separate memoranda […]

  • Delivery Damen Tanker, yardnumber 9379

    6 July 2006

    Delivery Damen Double Hull Oil Tanker, yardnumber 9379, mts. ‘Solway’. Damen Shipyards Bergum delivered mts. ‘Solway Fisher’ on Friday 30-06-2006 to her principal James Fisher Shipping Ltd, England. The delivery took place at the Damen Yard, Galati, Romania.

  • 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 […]

  • Bahaman-flagged Tanker Launched In Istanbul

    9 October 2006

    A Bahaman-flagged tanker “Clipper Loyalty” was launched in Tuzla neighborhood of Istanbul today. Making a keynote speech in the ceremony, Turkish Transportation Minister Binali Yildirim said that ships have been constructed in Tuzla Shipyard for 22 years, and today the shipyard has 1,25,000 dwt of ship construction capacity.

  • Eight Killed By Tanker Explosion In Mexico

    18 October 2006

    A gasoline tanker ship exploded Tuesday as a welding spark came into contact with fuel at a Mexican port, killing at least eight people and injuring nine others, officials said. Four hundred workers were evacuated from the area of the ship, owned by Mexico’s national oil monopoly Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex.

  • Oceangold Linked to MR2 Tanker Order

    23 June 2017
    Business & Finance

    Greece-based shipping company Oceangold Tankers has reportedly placed an order for a pair of MR2 tankers at the South Korean shipyard STX Offshore. Featuring 50,000 dwt each, the new tankers are scheduled to join their owner in 2019, according to data provided by VesselsValue. Oceangold is said to be paying USD 32 million a piece […]

  • 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 […]

  • Newbuild Tanker Joins Ardmore’s Fleet

    8 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    Cork-based Ardmore Shipping has taken delivery of a 25,000 DWT IMO II product and chemical tanker, the Ardmore Cherokee, built at Fukoaka Shipbuilding in Japan. The Ardmore Cherokee is the fifteenth vessel to join Ardmore’s fleet on the water, where she has been placed under the technical management of Thome Ship Management. The vessel has been […]

  • Pirates capture tanker in Somali Basin

    25 October 2010

    A Singapore-flagged tanker, ‘York’, was confirmed pirated in the Somali Basin on the morning of October 24 by the European Union Naval Force Somalia (EU NAVFOR). The ‘York’ had recently left Mombasa, Kenya, on route to the Seychelles. The vessel was attacked on October 23 by two skiffs, approximately 50 nautical miles east from Mombasa.

  • 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 […]

  • FreeSeas Takes Majority Stake in New Tanker Company

    10 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    Nasdaq-listed owner of Handysize vessels FreeSeas Inc. has acquired a 51% controlling stake in the newly formed Standcorp International Limited that will engage in the commercial operation of product and crude oil tankers. The rest of the Standcorp’s shares are owned by non-affiliated entities associated with the Marvin group of companies, with extensive experience of over twenty years […]

  • Daewoo gets large tanker order

    19 April 2005

    Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, the second-largest shipbuilder in the world, said Monday that it had received an order valued at 379.3 billion won to build three oil tankers. Each of the three so-called very large crude carriers will cost $124 million, a record price for such vessels, Daewoo Shipbuilding said. The orders total about […]