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  • Latest tanker conversion in China for Dockwise vessel

    21 March 2008

    The former Sealift/Frontline Suezmax tanker ‘Front Granite’, now owned by Granite B.V., a wholly owned subsidiairy of Dockwsise Ltd., ‘Trustee’, has been delivered to Cosco Zhoushan Shipyard on March 20, 2008 and the conversion into a heavy lift vessel will start.

  • Hijackers Board Oil Tanker off Indonesia

    15 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    The Liberia-flagged oil/products LR tanker MT Almi Spirit was boarded by six pirates in the Strait of Singapore today, Admiral Datuk Ahmad Puzi Ab Kahar, the Director General of Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA), reported via Twitter. The six men boarded the 2007-built tanker at around 7 a.m. local time in Indonesian waters, while the vessel was en route […]

  • Video: Tanker Crewmember Medevaced off Durban

    13 October 2017

    An Indian crewmember of the oil/chemical tanker Bochem Oslo was airlifted by South Africa’s Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) helicopter following a request for medical assistance from the ship’s crew. The 39-year-old crewman was suffering chest pains. The sea rescue craft Eikos Rescuer II was launched accompanied by 2 Netcare 911 rescue paramedics. The ship […]

  • Euronav Arranges Salvage Ops for Grounded Tanker

    19 April 2017
    Business & Finance

    Euronav’s crude oil tanker M/T Alex, which ran aground on April 12, could soon be freed as the ship’s managers hired two salvage firms to undertake the ship’s refloating operation. Namely, Euronav Ship Management agreed with SMIT Singapore Pte Ltd. and PT Samudera Indonesia to carry out the salvage works which will include lightening of the vessel […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Dual-fuel AET tankers conduct maiden LNG bunkering

    19 April 2019
    Vessels

    First dual-fuel sister Aframaxes owned by AET have completed their maiden ship-to-ship LNG bunkering.

  • GMS: Pakistan to Tighten Scrapping Rules for Tankers

    18 July 2017
    Business & Finance

    Pakistani shipbreaking yards, which are currently closed for tankers following accidents on uncleaned FSU and LPG earlier this year, could start receiving such vessels but with greater restrictions. Namely, rumors persist of an imminent reopening to tankers with far greater restrictions on tanker cleanliness prior entry into Gadani, according to GMS, a cash buyer of ships for […]

  • Vietnam shipyard builds oil tanker for PetroVietnam

    31 October 2006

    An affiliate of Vietnam shipbuilding giant Vinashin Monday started work on the first of three 105,000 oil tankers under a contract last July with the state-run oil giant PetroVietnam. The US$56 million freighter to be 245m-long, 43m-wide and 20m-height will be built by Dung Quat Shipbuilding Industry Company and have state-of-the-art equipment satisfying latest international […]

  • Anthony Veder Buys Gas Tanker Quartet

    23 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    Dutch tanker owner and operator Anthony Veder has purchased all four modern gas tankers from Italian L.G.R. di Navigazione S.p.A. “With this unique transaction Anthony Veder is further rejuvenating its fleet, while at the same time maintaining its high standards in providing safe and efficient shipping tonnage to its clients,” the company said in a comment. […]

  • 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 […]

  • Asphalt Tanker Loses Power off Nantucket

    17 July 2017

    The Marshall Islands-flagged tanker Asphalt Sailor was stuck some 210 miles off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, due to propulsion loss, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) informed.  The incident occurred in the afternoon hours of July 13 local time, with the 356-foot ship carrying 17 crew members on board. The coast guard’s cutter patrolling offshore […]

  • Somalian pirates in daring attack on oil tanker

    21 April 2008

    Heavily armed pirates on Monday attacked and damaged a huge oil tanker off the Somali coast using machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades, a Malaysian-based maritime watchdog said. Noel Choong, head of the International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) Piracy Reporting Centre, said that the attack, believed to be by Somali pirates, took place under the cover of […]

  • Vinashin builds cargo ship, oil tanker

    21 September 2006

    A company from the Nam Trieu shipbuilding industry, which is part of the Viet Nam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin), won a contract on Sept. 20 to build a 54,000-tonne cargo ship and a 13,500-tonne oil tanker. The 54,000-tonne ship will be 190m long and 32.26m wide and have a main engine of 9,480kW. It will […]

  • India: LNG Tanker Scheduled at Dahej This Week

    22 March 2012
    Vessels

    Petronet’s Dahej terminal on India’s west coast is scheduled to receive an liquefied natural gas cargo this week, according to shipping data. The cargo is being hauled by the Iberica Knutsen, a 138,000 cubic-meter tanker, and it is due to arrive at the Dahej terminal on March 24. The Dahej terminal in Gujarat is India’s first […]

  • Wisdom Marine Scraps Tanker Order at JMU

    25 September 2017
    Business & Finance

    Taiwanese shipping company Wisdom Marine Lines has decided to cancel the two tanker newbuilds ordered from Japan’s shipbuilder Japan Marine United Corporation (JMU). The two 115,000 DWT crude oil tankers were ordered in June, 2016 and were valued at USD 50 million per vessel. As a result, the company’s intention of venturing into the tanker […]

  • Third Newbuilding Tanker Joins Navig8 Chemical

    12 October 2016
    Business & Finance

    Navig8 Chemical Tankers, a joint venture between the Navig8 Group and Oaktree Capital Management, has taken delivery of a 25,000 dwt stainless steel chemical tanker Navig8 Spark from Japanese shipbuilder Kitanihon Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. The tanker is the third of six vessels contracted at Kitanihon to be delivered to the company and the first vessel to be delivered under […]

  • Sonangol’s Suezmax tanker named at Hyundai Samho

    10 April 2023
    Green Marine, Vessels

    South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Samho Shipyard hosted a naming ceremony today for Sonangol Kulumbimbi, a Suezmax tanker built for Sonangol Shipping Holding Limited, part of Angola’s state-controlled oil company Sonangol EP. The vessel is the first of two crude oil tankers Hyundai Samho is building for Sonangol, and its naming ceremony follows the vessel’s launching […]

  • 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 […]

  • Thun Tankers Adds Ship for Deliveries into Restricted Ports

    3 August 2018
    Business & Finance

    Thun Tankers has reached an agreement to strengthen its fleet with the 2011-built tanker Wisby Teak.

  • Scorpio Tankers: Financial Results for 4Q of 2013

    25 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    Scorpio Tankers Inc. has reported its results for the three months and year ended December 31, 2013 and increased its quarterly dividend to $0.08 per share. Results for the three months ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 For the three months ended December 31, 2013, the Company had net income of $5.8 million, or $0.03 […]

  • 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 […]