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  • Pirates Board Chemical Tanker off Malaysia

    2 October 2015

    A chemical tanker was boarded by pirates on Thursday, October 1st while en route some 1.5 nautical miles north-northeast off Sandakan, Malaysia, the International Maritime Bureau’s ICC informed. “Two robbers boarded a tanker via the anchor chain. Alert crew spotted the robbers and raised the alarm, resulting in the robbers abandoning the collected stolen items and […]

  • MT Maritime Orders Four Chemical Tankers

    8 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    The US-based chemical tanker operator MT Maritime has placed an order for four new vessels to be built by two Japanese shipyards, the company’s newbuilding list shows. Kitanhion Shipbuilding will build two 21,000 dwt tankers, scheduled for delivery in January and March 2018, respectively. MT Maritime has further two 36,650 dwt tankers on order at Shin Kurushima Dockyard, expected […]

  • AiP for Samsung’s ammonia-fuelled tanker design

    1 October 2020
    Research & Development

    Lloyd’s Register has granted Approval in Principle (AiP) to Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) for its ammonia-fuelled tanker design. This represents a key progress milestone in the joint development project LR and SHI announced with industry leading partners MISC Berhad and MAN Energy Solutions in January 2020. To meet the International Maritime Organization’s 2050 ambitions on […]

  • Armed Pirates Board Tanker off Indonesia

    31 October 2017

    Five pirates armed with knives boarded an oil tanker, identified as GP T2, on Monday, October 30 while it was underway in the Singapore Strait, at approximately 6.5 nm North East of Terumbu Betata, Batam Island, Indonesia. The perpetrators tied up the duty oiler in the engine room, took away some engine spare parts and escaped in […]

  • Nordic American Tankers Closes 2Q in Red

    7 August 2017
    Business & Finance

    Bermuda-based Nordic American Tankers (NAT) ended the second quarter of 2017 with a net loss of USD 15.8 million, against a net gain of USD 12.9 million seen in the same period a year earlier. For the first six months of 2017, the company recorded a net loss of USD 19.3 million, against a net gain […]

  • Maersk Tankers Readies Its Pool for IMO 2020

    26 September 2019
    Business & Finance

    The company made changes to its Bunker Adjustment tool to accommodate scrubber-fitted vessels.

  • Design Unveiled for World’s First Pure-Electric Tanker

    30 January 2019
    Business & Finance

    Asahi Tanker and Exeno-Yamamizu jointly developed the new tanker design with zero-emission electric propulsion.

  • Samsung Heavy Snags Teekay Tanker Trio

    4 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has won a contract to build three shuttle tankers plus an option for one more for a US owner, most probably Teekay Offshore, who recently announced the placing of an identical order at a Korean shipyard. Both SHI and Teekay say in their press releases that the tankers […]

  • Crowley Accord Takes Five Tankers Under Its Wing

    19 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    Ship management venture Crowley Accord Management was awarded full technical management contracts for five new tankers. The company said that these tankers will be joined in the coming weeks by three more, bringing Crowley’s international ship management fleet to more than 70. The five products tankers brought under Crowley Accord management are the MT Dawn […]

  • Sixth Chemical Tanker Delivered to Ocean Yield

    22 July 2016
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian ship owner Ocean Yield ASA has taken delivery of Navig8 Topaz, a 49,000 dwt IMO chemical tanker, from South Korean shipbuilder STX. This is the sixth ship delivered in a series of eight chemical tankers to be chartered to Navig8 Chemical Tankers under a 15-year “hell and high water” bareboat charter. In April 2015, Ocean Yield ASA signed […]

  • Robbers Attack Two Tankers off Lagos, Nigeria

    10 January 2019

    IMB Piracy Reporting Centre: Armed robbers attacked two tankers off the coast of Nigeria on January 7.

  • Concordia Maritime Fixes P-MAX Tanker

    26 January 2016
    Business & Finance

    Swedish tanker shipping company Concordia Maritime has signed a contract to charter out a P-MAX tanker to an unnamed UK shipping company for one year with an option for a further year. The contract will come into effect at the beginning of February 2016. “We are continuing to take advantage of the strong market by chartering out another of our P-MAX […]

  • Singapore-Owned Tanker Raided in Malacca Strait

    23 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    Armed pirates raided a Singapore-owned tanker in the Malacca Strait stealing several million liters of diesel fuel it was carrying, as informed by Malaysian marine police on Wednesday. According to the reports, ten armed pirates stopped the vessel, en route from Singapore to Myanmar, on early Tuesday off Klang port. After the pirates boarded the […]

  • Tokyo Gas Unit in LNG Tanker Deal

    28 February 2014
    Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Tokyo LNG Tanker, a unit of Tokyo Gas, has signed a contract for shipbuilding regarding two LNG vessels (165,000m3 tank capacity) with Japan Marine United Corporation, and has signed a Heads of Agreement regarding the joint ownership and 20-year charter of the vessels one with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and the other with Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha.  Two LNG vessels […]

  • SFL – Sale and Conversion of Single Hull Tankers

    7 January 2007

    Ship Finance International Limited (NYSE:SFL) (“Ship Finance” or the “Company”), today announced that it has agreed to sell the single hull suezmax tanker Front Transporter to an unrelated third party at a gross sales price of $38 million. Frontline will receive a compensation payment of approximately $15.4 million for the termination of the charter, and […]

  • Singapore’s First Ship Lease to buy 2 tankers from Berlian Laju Tanker fro US$90m

    14 June 2006

    Singapore-based First Ship Lease or FSL has agreed to buy 2 chemical tankers from an Indonesian shipper for US$90m. The purchase will boost FSL’s operational presence in the region and raise its fleet size to 10.

  • Crowley Takes Delivery of Its First LNG-Ready Tanker

    1 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    Crowley Maritime Corp. took delivery of Ohio, the first of four new, Jones Act, product tankers on September 30 from Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, Inc. (APSI), the wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary of Aker Philadelphia Shipyard ASA. The 600-foot tanker has a carrying capacity of 14.5 million gallons of crude oil or refined products. The new 50,000 dwt […]

  • LNG Tanker Insurance Rates Going Up

    8 September 2011

    The cost of insuring liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers has risen as naval containment of piracy fails and surging global demand spurs traf… (arabianbusiness) [mappress] Source: arabianbusiness, September 8, 2011;

  • TNG Lands Lucrative Gig for Tanker Newbuild

    29 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    Croatian tanker owner and operator Tankerska Next Generation (TNG) is planning to take delivery of the first out of two MR2 tankers under construction at South Korea’s Hyundai Mipo Dockyard today, upon which this vessel will start a three year time charter at approximately USD 17,250 per day, the company said in a release. TNG says this fixture outperforms the […]

  • Oil tanker sinks, three still missing

    28 March 2006

    A small oil tanker sank in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of the southern state of Campeche, authorities confirmed Monday. Local media reported that five crewmen had been rescued, but that three others were missing.

  • SHI to Build Four Tankers for Norwegian Owner

    12 October 2016
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian Viken Shipping has ordered four oil tankers from South Korea’s shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries under a contract worth around KRW 240 billion (USD 213 million), according to Yonhap News Agency. Namely, the shipbuilder said that the deal involves a pair of Suezmaxes and two Aframax tankers, with capacities of 123,000 dwt and 157,000 dwt, respectively. The vessels are […]

  • Hyundai Heavy to Build Boxships, Tankers for IRISL

    12 December 2016
    Business & Finance

    South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has signed contracts to construct 14,500 TEU container ships and 49,000 dwt product/chemical carriers for Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL). The value of the contracts, which were signed in Seoul on December 9, 2016, was not revealed. However, VesselsValue’s data suggests that the deals are worth USD […]

  • LNG Tanker Due at Zeebrugge Next Week

    13 May 2014
    Vessels

    The WilPride LNG tanker, with a capacity of 156,000 cubic meters, is expected to arrive at Belgium’s Zeebrugge LNG terminal from Qatar on May 23, according to port data. Fluxys of Belgium, the operator of the Zeebrugge LNG terminal, said that 37 LNG carriers unloaded at Zeebrugge in 2013, compared with 46 in 2012. The 37 […]

  • TOP Tankers Sells 13 Vessels for $550M

    13 March 2006

    Crude oil shipper TOP Tankers Inc. on Monday said it has sold for $550 million 13 vessels _ which will be immediately leased back under five- to seven-year contracts _ and declared a special $5 dividend.

  • India Steamship Sells Tanker Fleet to Centrofin

    23 May 2017
    Business & Finance

    Tanker owner and operator India Steamship has sold its four strong LR2 tanker fleet to Greece’s Centrofin Management, VesselsValue’s data shows. The three 105,800 dwt tankers sold on May 22 for a combined price of USD 65 million are Ratna Namrata, Ratna Shradhra, and Ratna Shruti. All three vessels were built by South Korea’s Hyundai […]