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  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Thai Tanker Hijacked off Malaysia

    31 August 2014

    An armed pirate gang hijacked a Thai tanker off Malaysia’s east coast and siphoned its cargo of oil on Thursday, August 28, the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery (ReCAAP) said on Friday. According to ReCAAP, the group, comprised of six armed pirates, approached the unnamed tanker in a speedboat at approximately […]

  • New Tanker Joins Palmali Fleet

    2 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    Istanbul headquartered Palmali Group took delivery of 7,100 DWT tanker Shovket Alekperova on August 30, which is the seventh tanker of the RST22M project, reports Marine Engineering Bureau in a press release. A distinctive features of RST22M, RST22, 005RST01 and RST12 design tankers are fully revolving rudder propellers, an increased trunk, and submersible cargo pumps. The tankers do […]

  • ExxonMobil hires Singapore’s first LNG-fuelled bunker tanker

    16 August 2019
    Vessels

    U.S. energy giant ExxonMobil has signed a two-year time charter agreement with Singapore-based Sinanju Tankers for Singapore’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG) powered bunker tanker.

  • Update: Bombed Tanker Headed to Greece

    7 January 2015

    A Greek-owned tanker that was bombed by a Libyan military fighter plane January 4 while moored in the Port of Derna, is currently on its way to Greece, carrying the bodies of two crew members who died in the attack, IHS Maritime 360 reports. A 29-year-old Greek and a Romanian crew member were killed, and two more were […]

  • 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.

  • Maersk Product Tankers Back to Black

    25 March 2020
    Business & Finance

    Maersk Product Tankers returned to black having reported a profit of USD 91.4 million for 2019.

  • Oil Tanker Aground off Uruguay

    20 May 2016

    Marshall Islands-flagged oil/chemical tanker Siteam Anja ran aground onto the rocks just 400 meters off the shore of Lobos Island, about 8 kilometers southeast of Punta del Este, Uruguay on Tuesday, May 17th. The 1997-built tanker was en route from San Lorenzo, Argentina to Rio Grande, Brazil with more than 32,000 m3 vegetable oil in its tanks. Near Punta del Este the 44,640 […]

  • Trafigura Sells Five Tanker Newbuilds

    11 October 2016
    Business & Finance

    Commodity trading company Trafigura Group has entered into sale and leaseback agreements for five medium-range, eco-type newbuild tankers with China’s Bank of Communications Financial Leasing. Ordered by Trafigura in 2013 from Guangzhou shipyard in China, the tankers can each carry close to 50,000 million tons of dirty and clean petroleum products. The new vessels were delivered to Bank of Communications […]

  • Product Tanker on Fire in Veracruz Shipyard

    22 February 2016

    The firefighters managed to contain a fire aboard a 45,705 dwt product tanker Nuevo Pemex IV which started in the morning hours on Saturday while the vessel was being dismantled in a Veracruz shipyard in Mexico, according to the Talleres Navales del Golfo shipyard. The 1989-built vessel, which was being taken to pieces, ignited during cutting works in the engine room, the shipyard […]

  • Elcano Adds Two Chemical Tankers

    8 August 2014
    Business & Finance

    Spanish shipowner ELcano has placed an order for two 13,000 dwt chemical tankers with China’s Ningbobo Xinle Shipbuilding, the shipyard said in a press release. The first ship is expected to be delivered in the second half of 2016. Zhejiang Ocean Shipping was first to order an LNG carrier from Ningo Xinle in October last […]

  • Report: Vietnamese Tanker Collides with Warship

    4 October 2017

    A small chemical tanker Everrich 3, owned by Vietnamese TPL Shipping, was involved in a collision with a Taiwanese warship, the Taipei Times reports. The 1995-built chemical tanker, flying the Panamanian flag, reportedly hit the stern of the Tsoying (DDG-1803) belonging to the Republic of China (Taiwan) Navy, while pulling out of the port. The warship […]

  • Trafigura In for Up to 32 New Tankers

    1 June 2017
    Business & Finance

    Singaporean commodity trading company Trafigura Group revealed its plans to hire up to 32 newbuild crude oil and product tankers which will be built in Korea and China.  According to Trafigura, the order, with a potential value in excess of USD 1.35 billion, is being placed by “a close Asian financial partner”, the identity of […]

  • 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.

  • FSL Trust refinances 5 tankers

    2 March 2021
    Business & Finance

    FSL newbuilds

  • Navios Charters Out Three Tankers

    16 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    The NYSE-listed tanker owner and operator Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation has chartered out one Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) and two MR2 product tankers for a period of one year. The Nave Galactic, a 2009-built VLCC, has been chartered at a rate based on the BITR TD3-TCE index. Navios Acquisition will receive 100% of the index […]

  • Tanker Hijacked off Ivory Coast

    3 September 2014

    A group of twelve armed pirates boarded a drifting product tanker around 45 nautical miles southeast of Abidjan Port, Ivory Coast on August 27,  piracy watchdog ICC Commercial Crime Services (CCS) reports. According to the report, the pirates took hostage of all crew members, stole cash that was onboard the ship, including that of the crew […]

  • Saga Tankers rebrands, invests in renewables

    20 October 2020
    Business & Finance, Environment, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    Norwegian shipping company Saga Tankers has moved into the renewable energy sector with a new investment into a hydrogen fuel company. As part of the renewable energy strategy, the company will divest non-core assets and change its name to Saga Pure ASA. The company has appointed Bjørn Simonsen as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) as of […]

  • 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.

  • KNOT Offshore buys shuttle tanker

    16 June 2015

    KNOT Offshore Partners LP has bought all the ownership interests in the company that owns and operates the shuttle tanker Dan Sabia. The purchase price was $103.0 million, net of $64.5 million of outstanding indebtedness related to the vessel, subject to post-closing adjustments. The cash portion of the purchase price was financed with proceeds from […]

  • South Korea: Vroon Takes Delivery of New Tanker

    16 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    Vroon Shipping announced that today, Wednesday 16 November 2011, company took delivery of Iver Blessing, a 6,187-ton asphalt/oil/chemical tanker. The vessel was constructed at the Hyundai Mipo Dockyard, Ulsan, South Korea and is the last in a series of four vessels to have been built at the Dockyard. A further two 6,255-ton asphalt/oil/chemical tankers, constructed […]

  • 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.

  • China: Tanker to FPSO Deal for COSCO

    27 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard Co., Ltd. has secured one contract to convert one Large Crude Carrier Tanker, MT “Sunrise Jewel”, to a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel for a Japanese ship-owner. The FPSO for the Japanese ship-owner is designed to operate for 20 years without dry-docking. It will have a capacity of the crude […]

  • 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.