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  • 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 […]

  • Castor Maritime enters the tanker market

    12 February 2021
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Cyprus-based bulker owner Castor Maritime Inc. has entered into agreements to purchase two 2005 Korean-built Aframax LR2 tankers from an unaffiliated third-party seller for $27.2 million. Both vessels have attached time charter contracts with an unidentified charterer with an estimated remaining term of about one year. Each vessel will provide the company with a minimum gross […]

  • Marenave Finds Buyers for Three Tankers

    29 May 2017
    Business & Finance

    German shipping trust Marenave Schiffahrts AG has sold three of its tankers to undisclosed buyers for a total of USD 24.2 million, data provided by VesselsValue shows. Disposed of through a bank sale, the ships in question are LR1 tankers Mare Atlantic and Mare Pacific, which fetched a price of USD 6.8 million a piece. The third vessel from […]

  • Keel laying of first gas tanker

    6 September 2006

    At MEYER WERFT in Papenburg the keel was laid today of the first gas tanker out of a series of four for the Norwegian shipping line Solvang ASA. Magne Morken from Solvang put the traditional lucky penny under the first of a total of 18 blocks of

  • GE Shipping buys Suezmax tanker

    6 July 2007

    Great Eastern Shipping has signed a contract to buy a modern double hull Suezmax tanker, which is expected to join the company’s fleet by the second quarter of 2007-08.

  • NYK takes stake in tanker firm Uyeno Transtech

    28 January 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    Japanese shipping firm Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) has agreed to acquire a 10% stake in Uyeno Transtech, a domestic tanker operating company that is part of the Uyeno Group.

  • IRISL Linked to Three Tankers at Sadra

    24 October 2018
    Business & Finance

    IRISL orders three 113,000 dwt tankers at compatriot shipbuilder SADRA.

  • V-Bunkers to welcome its first electric-hybrid bunker tanker

    4 April 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Vessels

    Vitol’s Singaporean bunker operations company, V-Bunkers, has revealed that it will be taking delivery of its first electric-hybrid bunker tanker, Marine Charge. 

  • More oil escapes from tanker

    23 August 2006

    Local residents and marine scientiest from the University of the Philippines Visayas install an improvised oil-spill boom made of bamboo, sacks and hay on the breakwater in Nueva Valencia in Guimaras.The sunken tanker, which caused the country

  • Norden buys product tanker duo

    20 April 2010

    Danish Dampskibsselskabet Norden purchases two 25,382 GT handysize product tankers, the FD Nord Fast, built in 2008 and the FD Nord Farer, built in 2005. The purchase price of the two vessels is USD 52 million.

  • U.S. Forces in Control of Libyan Tanker

    17 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    A team of U.S. Navy SEALs has taken over control of the seized tanker Morning Glory, the Pentagon officials said this morning. The operation, approved by the U.S. President Obama, was carried out last night around 2am GMT upon the request of the Libyan and Cypriot governments. “No one was hurt tonight when U.S. forces, at the […]

  • LNG tanker Aseem heading to India

    17 March 2016

    Petronet LNG’s Dahej terminal in India is set to receive a cargo of chilled gas from Qatar during the weekend. The 155,000 cbm LNG tanker Assem departed from Qatar’s Ras Laffan port on Wednesday and is expected to dock at the Dahej terminal on March 19, according to shipping data. Petronet LNG receives the fuel from Qatar […]

  • Somali pirates free Japan tanker

    11 December 2007

    A gang of Somali pirates has left a Japanese chemical tanker they hijacked six weeks ago, freeing its crew and ending a stand-off with US navy ships. The pirates ended their occupation of the vessel just days after demanding a $1m (£500,000) ransom.

  • Tugs and tide free grounded tanker

    4 February 2006

    A high tide and the nudging and pulling of three tugboats combined to refloat a beached oil tanker at Nikiski early Friday, averting what could have been a risky operation to transfer its cargo of nearly 5 million gallons of petroleum onto other vessels.

  • Italian tanker hijacked in the Indian Ocean

    9 February 2011

    The Italian-owned tanker Savina Caylyn, 104.255 DWT, has been hijacked some 670 nautical miles East of the Socotra Island in the Indian Ocean, EU Navfor reports. The ship was boarded by a group of five pirates using small arms and rocket propelled grenades

  • Petrobras Unit to Spend $1.2B on Tankers

    1 February 2007

    The transportation unit of Brazil’s state oil company Petrobras said Wednesday that it will pay US$1.2 billion (euro925 million) to build 10 oil tankers. Brazil’s National Development Bank will finance the shipbuilding project with 2.47 billion reals (US$1.16 million; euro895 million), the press office of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said in a […]

  • Russian oil tanker splits in half

    10 November 2007

    Up to 2,000 metric tons of fuel oil have leaked near the Black Sea after a Russian oil tanker split in half. It came apart after it was smashed by 108km/h (67 mph) winds and 5m (16ft) waves in the Kerch Strait between the Azov and Black Seas.

  • 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 […]

  • Pirates Attack LNG Tanker Offshore Oman

    22 June 2012

    MOL-operated LNG tanker LNG Aries has been attacked by pirates on Wednesday off the coast of Oman, Reuters informs citing International Maritime Bureau’s anti-crime arm. Namely, a small dhow manned by 5-6 persons crew, armed with guns and rocket propelled grenades approached the tanker and opened fire. Three shots appear to have shot the vessel, […]

  • Bermuda: Nordic American Tankers Receives New 158.000 DWT Tanker Nordic Breeze Built by SHI

    25 August 2011

    Nordic American Tankers Limited today took delivery of the Nordic Breeze,a suezmax newbuilding tanker of 158,000 deadweight tons built at Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. , South Korea. The Nordic Breeze will be employed in the Gemini Suezmax cooperation. One further vessel, the Nordic Zenith, is also under construction at Samsung. This suezmax vessel is […]

  • Swedish Consilium to Equip Gotland Tankers

    8 October 2012
    Business & Finance

      At Guangzhou two 39000dwt chemical tankers are under construction and in their final phase towards delivery. First vessel scheduled from mid of October and second from January 2013. Consilium managed to not only win the order for Fire and Gas detection but over the top also IBS. This is the first Swedish client who […]

  • 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 […]

  • Norway: Odfjell Orders LPG Tankers

    1 October 2013

    Odfjell signed shipbuilding contracts with Nantong Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering for construction of four LPG/Ethylene gas carriers of 17,000 cbm. During the last years this shipyard has delivered several gas carriers, and is regarded to have one of the very few construction facilities in China able to meet Odfjell’s quality standards for building of such […]

  • Imabari Clinches LNG Tanker Order

    28 April 2014
    Project & Tenders

    Imabari Shipbuilding said it has won newbuilding contracts for two LNG carriers from Spanish shipping company Elcano. The order was secured in cooperation with Mitsubishi Corporation. These two LNG carriers will be built at the Saijo Shipyard and delivered in 2017 to Elcano. “Based on the Panama Canal expansion and diversified LNG market, these LNG Carriers dramatically […]

  • Thun Tankers Names Newbuild Pair in China

    28 March 2019
    Business & Finance

    Erik Thun Group & Thun Tankers BV name two new product/chemical tankers in China.