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  • Euronav’s Grounded Tanker to Be Refloated on May 4

    1 May 2017
    Business & Finance

    The recently grounded crude oil tanker M/T Alex could be set free on May 4 as the proposed ship refloating plan received approval from relevant authorities, according to the ship’s managers Euronav Ship Management. Namely, the Indonesian Authorities approved the salvage plan on April 27 and provided a permit for the lightening operation to be performed. According to the […]

  • PGS Production Secures Tanker for FPSO Conversion

    11 January 2006

    OSLO, Norway, Petroleum Geo-Services ASA (OSE:PGS) (NYSE:PGS) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary PGS Production has entered into an agreement to purchase the shuttle tanker MT “Rita Knutsen” from Knutsen OAS Shipping for USD 35 million.

  • Weihai Samjin to Build Chemical Pair for Ocean Tankers

    15 December 2017
    Business & Finance

    Weihai Samjin shipyard has signed a contract with Ocean Tankers for the construction of two 11,000 dwt chemical tankers.

  • Wärtsilä claims emissions reduction on Vitol’s tankers

    25 July 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Technology

    Finnish technology company Wärtsilä has revealed that a study of operational data for two medium range (MR) product tankers fitted with its technology indicated significant emissions reductions.

  • Sovcomflot’s Profit Soars as Tanker Market Strengthens

    18 November 2019
    Business & Finance

    Sovcomflot closed Q3 2019 with a significant increase in net profit year over year.

  • 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.

  • IACS: New CSR for Oil Tankers & Bulkers

    20 December 2013

    At the 68th session of the IACS Council meeting, held on 18-19 December in London IACS has unanimously adopted new harmonised Common Structural Rules (CSR) for oil tankers and bulk carriers. The new rules will apply to all oil tankers over 150 m and bulk carriers over 90 m in length contracted for construction on […]

  • 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.

  • Devastating Pablo tanker explosion exposes dangers of growing shadow fleet

    8 May 2023
    Green Marine, Vessels

    A devastating explosion occurred on board the aging oil tanker Pablo on Monday, May 1, tearing off its deck and engulfing it in a fierce fire that sent dark plumes of smoke billowing into the sky. The explosion took place off the coast of Malaysia, in one of the busiest shipping channels in the world, […]

  • Navig8 inks sale and leaseback deal for chemical tankers

    5 July 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Vessels

    Norway-listed tanker company Navig8 Chemical Tankers has entered into sale and leaseback agreements with Chinese Jiangsu Financial Leasing (JFL) for four chemical tankers.

  • LNG-powered cement tanker Greenland delivered

    24 December 2015
    Vessels

    Dutch shipbuilder Ferus Smit said it has delivered the LNG-powered cement tanker Greenland. After a program of trials and tests, Greenland on Wednesday departed Delfzijl on its first commercial voyage to Rostock where the LNG powered vessel will receive its first cement load, Ferus Smit said in a statement. M.V. Greenland is a dedicated cement […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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, […]

  • 4 Reasons to Be Upbeat on Tanker Market Outlook

    9 August 2018
    Business & Finance

    DHT Holdings expects the times to turn for the better due to four key reasons.

  • Scorpio Tankers Agrees Sale, Leaseback for Five Ships

    18 May 2018
    Business & Finance

    Scorpio Tankers has agreed sale and leaseback deals for five of its product tankers with AVIC International Leasing.

  • Thun Empower LNG-fueled chemical tanker delivered

    22 November 2021
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    Swedish shipping company Thun Tankers has welcomed the last in a series of LNG-fueled chemical tankers built by Dutch shipbuilder Ferus Smit.

  • 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 […]

  • IMB: Armed Pirates Board Tanker off Nigeria

    17 April 2019

    Armed pirates attacked an anchored product tanker off Nigeria earlier this week.

  • 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 […]

  • Finland: Wartsila Unveils Aframax Tanker Design

    22 October 2012

    Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has launched a new, highly efficient Aframax tanker design that offers solutions for current and forthcoming emissions legislation. Wärtsilä Ship Design has developed a double hull, single screw crude oil tanker featuring a CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) optimised hull to provide less resistance with higher propulsion […]

  • USCG Medevacs Tanker Crew Member off Texas

    7 October 2019
    Business & Finance

    The captain of the crude oil tanker requested the medevac of a 20-year-old male crewmember.

  • EPS books LNG-powered Suezmax tankers at Chinese shipyard

    23 July 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Vessels

    Singapore-based shipowner Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has ordered up to four LNG-powered Suezmax tankers at Hengli Heavy Industry in China.

  • Shipping boss confident over tanker returns

    10 May 2010

    Booming Chinese demand and cancelled orders for new vessels should ensure continued strong returns for owners of tankers and dry bulk ships, one of the most successful shipping entrepreneurs of recent years has predicted. Peter Georgiopoulos’ comments follow the listing of his latest shipping venture, a dry bulk operator known as Baltic Trading on the […]

  • Taiwan: LNG Tanker Due at Yung-An Tomorrow

    1 May 2012
    Vessels

     Taiwan’s Yung-An LNG terminal is due to receive a cargo of liquefied natural gas this week, according to Kaohsiung Port Authority. The Puteri Zamrud tanker, with a capacity of 137,000 cbm, will reach Yung-An terminal on May 2. The Yung-An terminal is Taiwan’s first liquefied natural gas receiving terminal, and it is operated by CPC. […]