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  • Maersk Tankers Orders 9 at Samsung Ningbo

    18 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    Copenhagen-headquartered tanker owner and operator Maersk Tankers has signed a USD 300 million contract with Samsung Heavy Industries Ningbo shipyard in China for the construction of nine 49,940 dwt Medium Range product tankers.  The contract was signed today at Maersk Tankers’ office in Copenhagen by Claus Grønborg, VP and Head of Business Development of Maersk Tankers, […]

  • Navig8 Orders One More Chemical Tanker

    7 December 2015
    Business & Finance

    Oslo-listed chemical tanker owner and operator Navig8 Chemical Tankers has exercised an option to acquire a 49,000 DWT IMO2 eco-design, Interline-coated chemical tanker from South Korea’s STX Offshore & Shipbuilding. The newbuilding contract is part of the previously secured deal with STX in October, under which the company has further options to purchase five additional sister vessels from the […]

  • Tanker Ablaze off Busan, Crew Evacuated

    18 March 2015

    A fire broke out on board a chemical tanker off Busan, South Korea on Saturday, March 14th. The 3,400–dwt Sun Wing was carrying 16 crew members on board, who had all been evacuated by the Korean Coast Guard, Yonhap news agency reports. According to Coast Guard reports, three members of the crew have sustained injures […]

  • Pirates Kidnap Five Tanker Crew Members

    2 February 2016

    The 2003-built tanker Leon Dias was hijacked by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea, UK-based Clearwater Vessel Tracking confirmed to World Maritime News. “A tanker was underway from Lome to Bata when the owners lost contact with their vessel, it was later discovered that pirates had managed to board and hijack the vessel, a militant group are […]

  • NASSCO Cuts Steel for Fourth APT Tanker

    12 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    US shipbuilder General Dynamics NASSCO signaled the start of construction of a fourth ”ECO” tanker to be built for American Petroleum Tankers at a steel cutting ceremony on Friday, May 8, at its San Diego shipyard. Each of the five 50,000 deadweight ton product carriers to be constructed for American Petroleum Tankers by NASSCO will […]

  • Scorpio’s Third MR Tanker Delivered to Bahri

    7 April 2016
    Business & Finance

    The third out of five second-hand Medium Range tankers bought by the National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) in February has joined the company’s fleet. MR vessel STI Chelsea was delivered and ownership was transferred to Bahri’s subsidiary National Chemical Carriers (NCC) on April 6, 2016. The tanker was subsequently renamed to NCC Masa. Bahri said that the financial impact of this […]

  • Bermuda: Nordic American Takes Delivery of New Suezmax Tanker

    9 November 2011
    Business & Finance

      Nordic American Tankers Limited has taken delivery of its second suezmax newbuilding tanker of 158,000 deadweight tons built at Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., South Korea. The Nordic Zenith was delivered to the Company November 8, 2011. At the end of 2010, Nordic American had 15 vessels employed in the market. Through disciplined financial […]

  • Tanker FSL Singapore Boarded off Nigeria

    18 January 2019
    Business & Finance

    Two perpetrators in a canoe approached and boarded the tanker FSL Singapore off Nigeria, West Africa.

  • Maran Tankers Sells VLCC to Russian Owner

    24 October 2016
    Business & Finance

    Greek oil tanker owner and operator Maran Tankers has decreased the size of its fleet as it agreed to sell its Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) Astro Chorus, according to data provided by VesselsValue. The 305,700 dwt tanker was sold to an undisclosed Russian shipowner for a price of USD 24.5 million. Built in 2001 […]

  • Ship Finance Offloads Ageing Tanker

    5 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    NYSE-listed Ship Finance International Limited has agreed to sell its 1995-built Suezmax Front Glory to an unrelated third party for approximately USD 16 million, which will be used to finance the company’s fleet renewal project. Ship Finance has simultaneously agreed to terminate the corresponding charter party for the 149,834 dwt crude oil carrier with a subsidiary of […]

  • Ship Finance Offloads Ageing Tanker

    5 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    NYSE-listed Ship Finance International Limited has agreed to sell its 1995-built Suezmax Front Glory to an unrelated third party for approximately USD 16 million, which will be used to finance the company’s fleet renewal project. Ship Finance has simultaneously agreed to terminate the corresponding charter party for the 149,834 dwt crude oil carrier with a subsidiary of […]

  • Nigeria LNG names new tanker

    3 March 2016
    Vessels

    Nigeria LNG recently named a liquefied natural gas carrier built by Samsung Heavy Industries for its shipping unit, Bonny Gas Transport.

  • Anthony Veder adds to gas tanker fleet

    23 September 2015
    Vessels

    Anthony Veder said it has purchased all four modern gas tankers from L.G.R. di Navigazione.

  • TEN Extends Charters for Seven Panamax Tankers

    15 February 2018
    Business & Finance

    TEN agrees charter extensions for seven Panamax tankers with an undisclosed state oil company.

  • Tanker ‘Cape Bird’ Captured by Nigerian Pirates

    13 October 2011

      Nigerian pirates hijacked tanker Cape Bird with three Russian crewmen on board, reports website of Russian Guild of Sailors. The ship was captured 70 nautical miles (somewhat 130 km) off Lagos, Nigeria on Oct 8. Apart from Russians, there are Georgian, Ukrainian, and Latvian sailors aboard the tanker. Their families have been already informed […]

  • MSI: Tanker Market Entering Calmer Waters

    28 December 2016

    After a year of tumultuous political and policy upheaval, both oil and tanker markets are undergoing a process of rebalancing, according to Maritime Strategies International (MSI). The fourth quarter of 2016 is capping what has been a mixed 12 months for the tanker markets, while the agreement by OPEC members and non-members alike to cut production […]

  • Keel Laid for Crowley’s Fourth Product Tanker

    21 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, Inc. (APSI), the wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary of Aker Philadelphia Shipyard ASA, held a ceremonial keel laying for the fourth of four product tankers that it is building with Crowley Maritime Corporation (Crowley).   The next generation 50,000 dwt product tankers are based on a Hyundai Mipo Dockyards (HMD) design which incorporates numerous […]

  • Bunkering Tanker Grounds off Nova Scotia, Crew Evacuated

    9 January 2017

    Six crewmembers were evacuated from the 1,317 dwt bunkering tanker Arca 1 after the vessel grounded at a rocky shallow off the coast of Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. The ship ran into trouble due to an engine failure and loss of propulsion around 10 am local time on January 8, according to Canadian Joint Task Force […]

  • USA: Aker Philadelphia Starts Construction of SeaRiver’s Second Tanker

    20 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, Inc. (APSI), the sole operating subsidiary of Aker Philadelphia Shipyard ASA, began production activities yesterday on the second of two Aframax tankers that it is building for SeaRiver Maritime, Inc. (SeaRiver), Exxon Mobil Corporation’s U.S. marine affiliate. The construction of the two tankers, valued at $400 million, will create more than 1,000 […]

  • Teekay Tanker Drifting off Nova Scotia

    11 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    Teekay Corporation’s oil tanker Australian Spirit lost its steering power on Tuesday evening and is adrift since off the Coast of Nova Scotia, the Canadian Press informed. The Bahamas-flagged tanker, loaded with 675,000 barrels of crude oil, is approximately 70 kilometres southeast of Halifax, the company’s spokesman Jonathan Anthony is quoted as saying. Anthony added […]

  • Pirates Attack LNG Tanker Off the Coast of Oman

    22 June 2012
    Business & Finance

      An LNG Tanker LNG Aries has been attacked by pirates on Wednesday off the coast of Oman, Reuters informs citing International Maritime Bureau. 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, however […]

  • Product Tanker Ransacked by Armed Robbers in Guinea

    20 September 2018

    A product tanker anchored in Conakry Anchorage, Guinea, boarded by four armed robbers.

  • Product Tanker Fired Upon off Yemen

    28 November 2017

    A product tanker was fired upon while underway some 33 nautical miles South West of Mukalla, Yemen on November 21. The vessel was chased by a speedboat manned by a group of armed persons, who opened fire upon the tanker once it closed in. The crew of the tanker raised the alarm, increased the speed […]

  • Flex LNG takes delivery of Cheniere-chartered tanker

    31 May 2021
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    Flex LNG, a pure-play LNG carrier company, has completed its newbuilding program with the delivery of its 13th LNG carrier.

  • Scorpio Tankers Announces Six Newbuilding Contracts

    5 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    Scorpio Tankers Inc. announced today six newbuilding contracts, three time charter-in agreements, financing update and an investor conference call scheduled for April 4, 2013 at 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (the call-in details will be issued before the call). Newbuilding vessels The Company has reached an agreement with an unaffiliated third party for the purchase […]