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  • Maersk Tankers Opts for Transas ECDIS

    9 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    Maersk Tankers has selected Transas to implement ECDIS compliance program across its 75 strong fleet to meet the IMO requirement for  ECDIS on board all tankers over 3,000 gross metric tonnes from July 1, 2015. The agreement includes ECDIS installations for both retrofit and for newbuilt vessels for Maersk Tankers. According to the agreement signed between Group Procurement in Maersk […]

  • Five Newbuild Tankers Join Scorpio

    21 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    Tanker owner and operator Scorpio Tankers has taken delivery of five newbuilding vessels. An LR2 product tanker STI Rose was delivered from Daehan Shipbuilding Co. Ltd, which, upon delivery, began a voyage for 14 days at approximately USD 30,000 per day. The newbuild deliveries include two MR product tankers, STI Tribeca and STI Gramercy, delivered from […]

  • New Stena Tanker Named in Dubai

    14 December 2006

    On December 14 the newest addition to Stena Bulk’s fleet, the crude oil tanker “Stena Atlantica” was named in Dubai.

  • 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 […]

  • Wartsila launches new tanker design

    9 September 2014
    Vessels

    Wärtsilä launched its SK 5054 MkII ship design, a further development and upgraded version of the successful SK 5054 design. The launch of the new chemical and oil products tanker design takes place at the Wärtsilä stand at the SMM conference and exhibition in Hamburg, Germany. The proven Wärtsilä SK 5054 ship design has been […]

  • Terntank takes delivery of LNG-powered chemical tanker

    29 June 2016
    Vessels

    Tanker owner Terntank said it has on Monday taken the delivery of the LNG-powered 15,000 DWT chemical tanker Ternsund from China’s Avic Dingheng Shipbuilding Co. The Danish-flagged Ternsund is the first vessel in a series of four 15,000 DWT chemical tankers the Chinese shipyard is building for Terntank. All of the vessels will be equipped with dual-fuel […]

  • 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 […]

  • Interactive Image: Chemical Tanker Parts

    8 June 2015

    How well do you know parts of a chemical tanker? With today’s interactive image we would like to test your knowledge and give out some details that might prove interesting to know. World Maritime News Staff

  • Greece: Aegean Marine Takes Delivery of Newbuild Bunkering Tanker TILOS

    13 April 2011

          Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. yesterday announced that it has taken delivery of the Tilos, a 5,500 dwt double-hull bunkering tanker newbuild from Qingdao Hyundai Shipyard in China. The vessel is being deployed to Singapore to support the Company’s existing bunkering operations in this market. E. Nikolas Tavlarios, President, commented, “We are […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Work on largest oil tanker commences

    2 November 2006

    The Dung Quat Shipbuilding Industry Corporation began its construction of a 104,000 DWT oil tanker on Monday at the Dung Quat Economic Zone in Quanng Ngai Province. The vessel

  • Ridgebury Mulling Tanker Fleet Sale

    20 November 2015
    Business & Finance

    Oslo-listed Ridgebury Holdings is looking into selling some or all of its tankers, including the ones owned by Ridgebury Crude Tankers, and keep only the four very large crude carriers (VLCCs) bought by the company’s subsidiary, Ridgebury V4 Investments, back in July. The Connecticut-based Ridgebury confirmed the interest in selling its tanker fleet in the financial report for the […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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. […]

  • 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.

  • Rotterdam Port to Offer Discount for Tankers

    19 December 2018
    Business & Finance

    Port of Rotterdam is to widen and facilitate the Green Award discount for sea-going shipping as of 2019.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]