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  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • TFG Marine welcomes new methanol bunker tanker for operations in Singapore

    24 March 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Infrastructure, Vessels

    Pearl Lavender, the newbuild IMO type II chemical bunkering vessel capable of carrying methanol and set to operate in the Port of Singapore, has been delivered.

  • Scorpio Tankers boosts methanol footprint with new investment

    6 August 2021
    Business & Finance

    Monaco-based tanker operator Scorpio Tankers has taken a minority interest in a group of nine product tankers, including five dual-fuel Medium Range (MR) methanol tankers.

  • 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 […]

  • 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] […]

  • Ardmore Inks Contract to Build Four Tankers

    22 August 2013

    Ardmore Shipping Corporation yesterday announced that it has executed contracts for the construction of four 25,000 Dwt IMO 2 eco-design product & chemical tankers ordered from Fukuoka Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Japan for a total price of approximately $118,000,000. As part of the contracts, Ardmore has also negotiated fixed price options for additional vessels. Ardmore expects […]

  • Stolt Tankers trials sustainable biofuel on Atlantic crossing

    6 April 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Environment, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vessels, Vision

    Tanker operator Stolt Tankers, part of Stolt-Nielsen Limited, is partnering with biofuels provider GoodFuels to trial the use of a marine biofuel produced from sustainable and certified feedstocks.

  • Industry partners to deliver Singapore’s first hybrid electric bunker tankers

    10 March 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition, Vessels

    Industry partners Shif Clean Energy, SeaTech and energy company Vitol have teamed up for a marine electrification project to deliver Singapore’s first hybrid bunker tankers.

  • Tanker Refloated after Grounding in Elbe River

    22 January 2019

    Tanker Oriental Nadeshiko was refloated only hours after it ran aground in the river Elbe on January 21.

  • MISC Berhad Looking to Buy FPSOs and Tankers

    20 April 2016
    Business & Finance

    Due to a depression in the offshore oil and gas industry, the Malaysia International Shipping Corporation (MISC) Berhad, a shipping arm of Petronas, is contemplating the acquisition of distressed floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) units, the company’s CEO Yee Yang Chien said at a press conference, Malaysian newspaper The Star reports. According to Chien, MISC’s prediction that FPSO […]

  • SFI’s Fire-Stricken Super Tanker Taken under Tow

    7 August 2018

    Front Hakata, which was adrift following an engine fire, has been taken under tow.

  • HVS Floats Product Tanker ‘High Sun’

    15 January 2014

    Hyundai – Vinashin Shipyard has launched a new 50,000 DWT Product Tanker ‘High Sun’. The launching ceremony for the Hull No. S408 was attended by the representatives of d’Amico (the owner of the vessel), HVS, and class (RINA). The main particulars of the vessels are as follows: Length : 183 m Breadth : 32.2 m Depth […]

  • Tanker captain abandoned ship after blast

    3 January 2006

    NORFOLK, Va. — The captain of a tanker ship that sank after an explosion on board two years ago abandoned ship without sending a distress call or trying to save his crew, a newspaper reported Monday, citing a Coast Guard investigation.

  • Tanker Ignites in Houston Ship Channel, Waterway Closed

    6 September 2016

    A tanker fire which started in the early morning hours on September 6 has temporarily closed the Houston Ship Channel, according to the United States Coast Guard. Around midnight, a pilot aboard the 810-foot tanker, Aframax River, notified Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders that the tanker was on fire near the Intercontinental Terminals Company. It […]

  • 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.

  • British experts arriving to salvage sunken tanker

    15 August 2006

    To fasttrack the containment operations of the oil spill here, a group of British experts will be arriving Thursday. Their mission is to first conduct an underwater survey in the area where the m/t Solar I sank and, if they can reached the depth where it now lies, puncture and salvage the vessel as soon […]

  • Pyxis Tankers Wraps Up MR2 Ship Sale

    15 January 2020
    Business & Finance

    Greek product tanker company Pyxis Tankers has completed the sale of one of its MR2 chemical/product tankers.

  • NAT Rejuvenates Fleet by Selling Two Older Tankers

    23 November 2018
    Business & Finance

    Nordic American Tankers has sold two of its 1999-built tankers, the Nordic Aurora and the Nordic Sprite.

  • Shipping Company Says Pirates Hijack Tanker

    2 May 2011

    A shipping firm says Somali pirates have likely hijacked a chemical tanker with 25 crew members off the coast of Kenya. Singapore-based Glory Ship Management says it believes the MT Gemini was seized by pirates on Saturday, as the ship sailed toward the Kenyan port city of Mombasa.

  • 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.

  • New rules spark rise in orders for tankers

    28 March 2006

    SINGAPORE Shipowners are rushing to order oil tankers from yards including Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea before stricter design rules take effect Saturday, increasing the cost of vessels.

  • TORM Agrees Sale and Leaseback for Six Tankers

    15 August 2019
    Business & Finance

    Danish tanker shipping company TORM enters into six new sale and leaseback transactions.