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  • Hyundai Mipo Nabs Product Tanker Trio

    30 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) has sealed a contract for the construction of three petrochemical product tankers. The deal is worth KRW 114.7 billion (USD 105.5 million), the shipbuilder said in a regulatory filing. The order has been placed by a European shipowner, the identity of which was not disclosed. The vessels are […]

  • Saga Tankers Sees Opportunities in a Volatile Market

    7 November 2018
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian shipping company Saga Tankers to pursue attractive investment opportunities.

  • Pemex Oil Tanker on Fire in Gulf of Mexico

    26 September 2016
    Business & Finance

    The 2005-built oil tanker Burgos ignited on Saturday while it was in the Gulf of Mexico, according to the ship’s operator, the Mexican state-owned petroleum company Mexican Petroleums (Pemex). The fire occurred while the vessel, which was loaded with more than 160 thousand barrels of gasoline and diesel fuel, was anchored off the coast of Boca del Rio, Veracruz. Pemex said that the […]

  • Navios Acquisition’s Tankers Chartered at Higher Rates

    21 April 2016
    Business & Finance

    Owner and operator of tanker vessels Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation has entered into charter deals for three of its product tankers at 14% higher average charter rates. The company’s Nave Equator, an MR2 product tanker, has been chartered to an undisclosed party for 18 months at USD 17,000 per day. The 2009-built ship is expected to generate USD […]

  • Maersk Tankers’ Newest Ship Aces Sea Trials

    28 June 2018
    Business & Finance

    Maersk Tankers’ next MR tanker has successfully conducted its sea trials.

  • Vitol to Expand Tanker Fleet by Taking Over Bitumen JV

    19 March 2019
    Business & Finance

    The acquisition is expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2019.

  • Ocean Yield Invests in Two Chemical Tankers

    27 September 2016
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian ship-owner Ocean Yield ASA has agreed to acquire two 45,000 dwt IMO II chemical tankers for a consideration of USD 35 million per vessel in combination with 12-year “hell and high” bareboat charters to maritime services provider Navig8 Group. Built in 2013, the two chemical tankers are scheduled to be delivered to Ocean Yield by the end […]

  • Pirates Steal Fuel from Malaysian-Flagged Tanker

    18 May 2015

    Malaysian-flagged product tanker Oriental Glory was hijacked by a group of 30 pirates on Friday, May 15th off Labuan, northern Kalimantan, Malaysia, Asia piracy watchdog ReCAAP ICS reported. The tanker was approached in six fishing boats while sailing from Labuan to Tanjung Manis in East Malaysia. Once surrounded, the tanker was boarded by pirates who took […]

  • First Product Tanker Delivered from Aker Philadelphia Shipyard

    8 February 2007

    Aker Philadelphia Shipyard has delivered the first vessel in an up to 16 ship order of product tankers as the 600-foot long MT46 Veteran Class Overseas Houston now becomes the first ship leased to subsidiaries of Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (OSG). Originally announced in April 2005 with a series of 10 ships, the build program […]

  • 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.

  • ABB Secures Yamal LNG Tanker Contract

    27 March 2014
    Equipment, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    ABB said it has won an order to supply power and propulsion equipment for the first of 16 LNG tankers which will serve Russia’s Yamal LNG project. The contract has an additional option for the supply of equipment for another 15 vessels. The scope of supply by ABB will include generators, switchboards, transformers, drives and propulsion […]

  • UK: Construction of Tanker Lerrix Nears Completion

    9 January 2012

    Construction of the 53m-long tanker Lerrix, whose role will be filling the tanks of larger ocean-going ships with fuel, will be soon completed. The vessel will account for the biggest ship built on the Humber in decades. Building of the stern section of the vessel has been conducted at Hepworth’s Shipyard at Paull as part […]

  • Navig8 Expands Fleet with Four Chemical Tankers

    3 October 2016
    Business & Finance

    Maritime services provider Navig8 expanded its pools with four chemical tankers in September 2016.  Navig8 Chemicals took delivery of Navig8 Universe and Navig8 Constellation, which were built in 2013 at Shina SB yard in South Korea. The two 45,352 dwt tankers joined the company’s Chronos8 Pool. Another chemical tanker, the 19,964 dwt Ece Nur K, built […]

  • Oil tanker Makhambet launched at Viborg shipyard

    31 July 2006

    Oil tanker Makhambet for Mobilex Energy of Kazakhstan is launched at Viborg shipyard today. The vessel is purposed for crude oil and oil products transportation in Caspian Sea, Trend reports. The tanker was designed in Vimpel construction bureau. Makhambet is the sixth in a row built and commissioned at Viborg Shipyard OAO for Kazakh customers. […]

  • Picture of the day: LNG tanker Patris at DSME

    29 May 2017
    Vessels

    The 173,400-cbm liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker Patris is currently being built by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in South Korea. The LNG vessel was ordered back in 2015 by a joint venture comprising of “K” Line LNG Shipping, a unit of the Japanese shipping major ‘K’ Line, and Greek shipowner Chandris. The order also […]

  • Danish shipping firm sells three tankers

    29 July 2006

    A/S Dampskibsselskabet Torm, a Danish shipping company, is selling three of its tankers for a total of $63 million. The move is part of Torm’s strategy of selling older bulk vessels so it can build its fleet of bigger Panamax bulk vessels, the 117-year-old Copenhagen company said Friday. Torm did not disclose who is buying […]

  • Pirates Attack Navig8 Tanker in Gulf of Oman

    2 June 2017
    Business & Finance

    A product tanker was approached and fired upon while underway around 103 nautical miles East of Muscat, Oman on Thursday, June 1. The tanker in question was identified as MT NAVIG8 Providence by EU NAVFOR, which confirmed the attack. According to a report from ICC’s IMB Reporting Centre, the tanker was approached by six persons armed with […]

  • Sertanejo Spirit shuttle tanker named in Brazil

    13 May 2014

    Teekay Offshore has announced that on May 6 Sertanejo Spirit shuttle tanker was officially welcomed at the Rio harbor in Brazil. Sertanejo Spirit is one of Teekay Offshore’s new Samba Class shuttle tankers to operate for BG in Brazil under 10-year time-charters. The DP2 shuttle tanker is designed for offshore loading and is, according to […]

  • 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.

  • Weak Tanker Rates Push Sovcomflot to Red

    20 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    Russian shipping company PAO Sovcomflot (SCF Group) ended the first nine months of 2017 in loss as tanker spot market freight rates reached their lowest levels of late. “This year has proven to be a very challenging period for the tanker industry and the situation now faced by many conventional tanker shipowners is especially severe,” Sergey Frank, […]

  • Fire strikes Providence dock as tanker unloading

    19 July 2006

    Fire engulfed a dock at the Port of Providence on Tuesday night when lightning struck as a tanker was unloading gasoline, sending large plumes of smoke and fireballs into the air.Coast Guard officials said the Nord Europa, a Danish ship, was able to safely pull away from the dock. Assistant Fire Chief Mark Pare said […]

  • BIMCO: Tanker Freight Rates Continue Dropping

    24 April 2017
    Business & Finance

    Oil tankers experienced a tough start to 2017 as freight rates for all crude oil and oil product tankers continued their decline following the brief lift at year-end, according to international shipping association BIMCO. Although average earnings stood at USD 18,853 per day by April 7, 2017, down from USD 63,284 per day reported on December 16, 2016, […]

  • Swiss-Canadian Maritime Orders Three Chemical Tankers

    20 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    Chemical tanker owner Swiss-Canadian Maritime Ltd., has ordered three 21,800 dwt chemical tankers from Triyards Holdings Limited. The three tankers are due for delivery in 2017, and will be managed by the Swiss-based ABC Maritime A.G. These new International Maritime Organization (IMO) Type 2-certified, double-hull ice-classed tankers will have a storage capacity of 24,000 cbm, and will be specially […]

  • KNOT Shuttle Tankers Acquires Dan Sabia

    28 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    KNOT Shuttle Tankers AS has entered into a share purchase agreement to acquire KNOT Shuttle Tankers 21 AS, the company that owns the shuttle tanker, Dan Sabia, from Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers AS. The purchase price of the acquisition is USD 103 million, net of USD 64.5 million of outstanding indebtedness related to the Dan […]

  • Chemical Tankers Collide Near Galveston (USA)

    21 February 2013

      Two inbound chemical tankers collided, Wednesday, approximately 70 miles south of Galveston, causing some internal damage to one of the tankers. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Houston/Galveston were notified of the collision by a National Response Center report at approximately 4:30 a.m., stating that the Chem Sea, a 385-foot tanker, and the Bow Kiso, […]