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  • 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 […]

  • Stranded tanker temporarily blocks Suez traffic

    20 December 2007

    Traffic in Egypt’s Suez Canal was temporarily disrupted on Thursday after an oil tanker ran aground in the waterway, a canal authority official told AFP. The 150,000-tonne tanker, flying the Maltese flag and travelling from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean, rammed the east bank of the canal after its navigation system broke down, the […]

  • Daewood Shipbuilding to build five LNG tankers

    2 August 2005

    Daewood Shipbuilding to build five LNG tankers Seoul, Aug. 1, 2005 (WAM) — Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co.,will build five large liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers valued at US$1.20 billion for Qatar Liquefied Gas II which is a joint venture between Exxon Mobil Corp. and state-run Qatar Petroleum.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • 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 and Stena Bulk Pool Tankers

    1 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    Concordia Maritime and Stena Bulk have launched a pool of four P-MAX tankers for a period of one year. The pool will include Stena Perros and Stena President, for which the companies previously signed time-charters, as well as Stena Penguin and Stena Primorsk. The four tankers will transport heavy petroleum products, primarily in the Atlantic market. “We […]

  • Brazil: OSX to Build 11 Tankers for Kingfish

    12 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    OSX was hired by Kingfish do Brasil Navegação S/A to build 11 medium range tankers, with 45,000 DWT (Deadweight Tonnage) each, for transportation of oil and clear products. These vessels shall be chartered by Kingfish to Petrobras. The approximate total value of the shipbuilding contract between Kingfish and OSX is US$ 732 million with deliveries […]

  • 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 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 […]

  • Samsung launches Teekay’s first E-Shuttle tanker

    26 March 2019

    Teekay has launched the Aurora Spirit, its first shuttle tanker from the E-Shuttle Tanker series, from the G3 floating dock at South Korea’s Samsung.

  • Pirates Attack Oil Tanker Off Nigeria

    4 July 2012

    An international watchdog says pirates have attacked an oil tanker off Nigeria but failed to board it or harm its crew. The attack occurred early yesterday in the Gulf of Guinea off western Africa, according to the London’s-based International Maritime Bureau. The six pirates chased the tanker and shot at it, slightly damaging the vessel. […]

  • 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 […]

  • Russia: Sovcomflot Takes Delivery of its New Product Tanker

    26 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    SCF Group (Sovcomflot) saw its fleet expand further, on 18 January 2012, with the delivery and acceptance into operation of a new product tanker SCF Progress – the fifth and final ship delivered for a joint SCF / Glencore International AG project. The project envisages the acquisition and commercial operation of five product tankers (Panamaxes […]

  • Navantia Starts Building First Tanker for Ibaizabal

    2 May 2016
    Business & Finance

    Spanish state-owned shipbuilder Navantia started constructing the first of four Suezmax tankers for compatriot ship manager the Ibaizábal Group. The 156,000 ton ships will be built at Navantia’s yards in the Bay of Cadiz, while some parts are scheduled for construction at the company’s Ria de Ferrol site. Featuring a length of 274 meters and a width of 48 meters, the […]

  • Stena Bulk Invests in Six Chemical Tankers

    13 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    Stena Bulk/Stena Weco and Golden Agri (GAR) have invested in a further six chemical tankers. Golden Stena Weco, which is a joint venture between Stena Weco and Golden Agri-Resources (GAR), will be responsible for the commercial management. The main aim of the investment is to ensure that Golden Stena Weco has the necessary resources to […]

  • Tanker fire kills seven at shipyard in Indonesia

    14 May 2020
    Human Capital, Infrastructure, Safety, Vessels

    Seven people died after an Aframax tanker undergoing maintenance at a shipyard in Indonesia caught fire on 11 May 2020.

  • Tarbit Orders Two Asphalt/Bitumen Tankers

    6 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    Swedish shipping company Tarbit Shipping AB has ordered two 9,400 dwt asphalt and bitumen carriers to be built by Turkey’s RMK Marine. The vessels will be built to Bureau Veritas class including Ice Class 1A, and will have a cargo capacity of 7,200 m3. The design of the vessels was made in close cooperation between Tarbit and FKAB, Uddevalla, […]

  • HVS Lays Keel for d’Amico’s Product Tanker

    13 September 2013

    On 12 September, 2013, a keel laying ceremony for Hull No. S408 was held at Hyundai Vinashin’s dry Dock No. 2 with the attendance of the representatives of the ship owner, the yard, and class. S408 is the first product tanker under construction at the yard for d’Amico International Shipping S.A., Italy. In accordance with […]

  • 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 […]

  • Hydrex Patches Up Chemical Tanker in Amsterdam

    30 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Antwerp-based underwater repair and maintenance specialist, Hydrex, has carried out a permanent insert repair on board a 145-meter chemical tanker that had suffered a crack in its port side grey water tank. The work was carried out during the vessel’s stop in Amsterdam. Following an on-board and underwater inspection of the damaged area, Hydrex diver/technicians revealed […]

  • Equinor-chartered newbuild tanker duo to run cleaner with The Switch solutions

    17 June 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Technology, Vessels

    Finnish power electronics specialist The Switch, part of Japan’s BEMAC Corporation, is to supply two large DC power distribution systems and two propulsion packages for an oil/chemical tanker newbuild duo under construction in China. As disclosed, the vessels in question are a pair of 6,500 dwt stainless steel tankers that Zhoushan Dashenzhou Shipbuilding is constructing […]

  • 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 […]

  • ITF: 15 Seafarers abandoned on LPG tanker

    14 May 2020
    Human Capital, Vessels

    A Spanish-flagged LPG tanker is anchored in Manilla Bay, the Philippines without a rudder and a crew of 15 seafarers running low on supplies, electricity, and wi-fi, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) informed. The ITF said that the 7,600 gross tonnage MV Celanova, owned by GLOBALGAS SA, from Madrid, Spain, has been abandoned by the shipowner, leaving […]