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  • Pertamina Takes Delivery of Aframax Tanker from Chinese Shipyard

    7 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    New Century Shipbuilding (NCS) has delivered, three weeks ahead of schedule, an Aframax type Crude Oil Carrier with capacity of 85,000 DWT to the Indonesian owner Pertamina. The contract for construction of GAMKONORA was signed on 24 December 2010 with the total investment of US$ 52.8 million. The construction process of the ship has gone […]

  • Stena adds two tankers to Suezmax pool

    18 January 2011

    Two new Suezmax tankers, the 158,000 DWT units Mare Doricum and Mare Picenum, enter the Stena Bulk’s and the Angolan oil company Sonangol’s Suezmax pool. The vessels are owned by Italian Fratelli d’Amico Armatori and were built at South Korean Samsung yard in 2009. The pool now consists of 18 vessels.

  • Maran Tankers Orders VLCC Quartet at DSME

    14 July 2017
    Business & Finance

    Maran Tankers Management, part of Greek shipping major Angelicoussis Shipping Group, has returned to South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) for four additional very large crude carriers (VLCC). The four 318,000-ton VLCC, featuring 336 meters in length and 60 meters in width, will feature the same specifications as those three ordered in April, […]

  • Scorpio Tankers Inks Sale, Leaseback for Seven Units

    18 July 2018
    Business & Finance

    Scorpio Tankers agreed sale and leaseback for seven of its product tankers with an international financial institution.

  • 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. […]

  • Tsakos Charters Modern Handysize Product Tanker

    10 September 2010

    Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd. (TEN) (NYSE: TNP) announced a three-year time charter for a modern, double hull, handysize product tanker to a major South American state oil company. This charter is expected to generate gross revenues in excess of $14m during the corresponding charter period. Prior to this fixture the vessel was operating in the […]

  • Tanker Spills Diesel Fuel off Quebec

    9 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    A chemical/oil products tanker spilled some 3,000 litres of diesel during a routine fuel transfer near the community of Salluit, West of Ungava Bay, in Northern Quebec, on October 7. The 2007-built Sarah Desgagnés was transferring fuel to the community of Salluit in preparation for the winter months ahead. Strong winds and snow required the transfer be […]

  • Global Tanker Fleet Shying Away from ECDIS

    18 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    The majority of ships in the global tanker fleet have yet to adopt ECDIS, according to data published for the first time by the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO). The SOLAS regulations on the mandatory carriage of ECDIS will come into force from July 1, 2015 for all tankers over 3,000 gross metric tonnes, apart […]

  • 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 […]

  • Picture of the Day: Tanker at PNG LNG Terminal

    16 May 2014

    Production of LNG at the Papua New Guinea LNG plant commenced in April this year. The first LNG tanker is currently loading at the plant and will depart for Japan in the next few days. The USD 19 billion PNG LNG project includes gas production and processing facilities in the Southern Highlands, Hela, Western, Gulf […]

  • 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 […]

  • Disabled Tanker Allowed into Las Palmas for Repairs

    1 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    Fire-stricken Aframax Lady-M arrived into the port of Las Palmas, Canary Islands on Sunday having been given a special permission to enter port. The Liberian-flagged tanker, loaded with 94,000 tonnes of fuel, suffered a fire in its engine room on May 14 in the Atlantic  while en route from Persian Gulf to Houston, the US, Spanish media reported. The fire, which […]

  • 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 […]

  • Spotted: OSC Names New Silver Tankers

    17 November 2015
    Business & Finance

    Arabian Gulf ship operator Oman Shipping Company (OSC) has named two of its new product and chemical tankers – the Muscat Silver and Rustaq Silver – at the Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in Ulsan, South Korea. OSC will now take delivery of the Muscat Silver as part of a deal which will see 10 MR tankers delivered […]

  • Pirates-Seized Russian Oil Tanker Freed

    6 May 2010

    A Russian oil tanker seized by pirates off Yemen was freed by Russian warship ‘Marshal Shaposhnikov’ late Wednesday with the vessel’s entire crew being released unharmed, officials told media. ‘MV Moscow University’ belonging to Novorossiyk Shipping Company was sailing from Sudan to China carrying 86,000 tons of oil when it came under attack from buccaneers […]

  • Iran’s Tankers to Sail under Panama’s Flag

    13 April 2016
    Business & Finance

    Iranian tankers are to be registered under Panama’s flag which will enable them to pass through one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes, the Panama Canal, the two countries agreed. Director of National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) Ali Akbar Safaei announced the deal following a meeting with Jorge Barakat Pitty, Panama’s Minister of Maritime Affairs and Administrator of the […]

  • Pirates Kidnap Crew of Tanker MT Puli

    11 April 2016

    A group of eight pirates attacked the Malta-flagged tanker MT Puli and kidnapped the vessel’s crew members some 118 nautical miles off Port Harcourt, Nigeria, OPS Clearwater confirmed to World Maritime News after reports on the attack emerged in Turkish media. The incident, which occurred at 01:30 hours this morning, saw at least six seamen abducted from their […]

  • d’Amico Splashes Two New Handysize Tankers

    25 May 2016
    Business & Finance

    Shipping company d’Amico International Shipping S.A. launched two new 39,000 dwt Handysize eco product tankers today at the Vietnamese Hyundai Vinashin Shipyard Co. Ltd. The tankers, named Cielo di Capri and Cielo di Hanoi, feature a length of 184 metres and a width of 27.4 metres. These two eco-ships, which only differ in class as the first one is […]

  • Taiwan: LNG Tanker Due at Yung-An This Week

    10 September 2012
    Vessels

    Taiwan’s Yung-An LNG terminal is due to receive a cargo of liquefied natural gas on September 12, according to port data. The carfo is being hauled by the 148,565 cbm LNG Kano tanker, owned by BW Gas. The Yung-An terminal is Taiwan’s first liquefied natural gas receiving terminal, and it is operated by CPC. [mappress] […]

  • LNG Tanker Due at Yung-An This Week, Taiwan

    13 June 2012
    Vessels

      Taiwan’s Yung-An LNG terminal is due to receive another cargo of liquefied natural gas this week, according to Kaohsiung Port Authority. The Puteri Delima tanker, with a capacity of 130,000 cbm, will reach Yung-An terminal on June 17. The Yung-An terminal is Taiwan’s first liquefied natural gas receiving terminal, and it is operated by CPC. […]

  • NAT: Political Uncertainty Helping Tanker Market Bonanza

    7 January 2020
    Business & Finance

    NAT starts the new quarter with a booking for its Suezmax tanker worth over USD 100,000 per day.

  • Russia: Baltic Fuel Company Puts into Service Another Bunkering Tanker

    6 June 2011
    Business & Finance

      Baltic Fuel Company Ltd. (BFC) on June 2nd put into service the TM-10, another bunkering tanker beefing up its fleet to 31 vessels, supplying bunker fuel in the waters of Big Port St. Petersburg, the company’s press service said. BFC purchased the tanker from a Russian shipowner this May. The ownership certificate of the […]

  • Libya Arrests Tanker due to Oil Smuggling Suspicions

    16 March 2018
    Business & Finance

    Libya arrested the Togo-flagged bunkering tanker Lamar on suspicion of oil smuggling.

  • Norfolk-based cruiser comes to tanker’s aid

    6 March 2006

    A Norfolk-based guided missile cruiser helped a Panamanian diesel tanker last week when it was fired upon and illegally boarded in the Arabian Gulf.

  • Scorpio Tankers Adds Two to Its Newbuilding Fleet

    14 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    Tanker owner and operator Scorpio Tankers Inc. has entered into two separate agreements to purchase an MR product tanker and an LR2 product tanker that are currently under construction for a total of $95.5 million. The MR product tanker is being built by Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. Ltd. of South Korea (HMD) and has cost Scorpio approximately […]