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  • Tanker Fire: Another Body Recovered (Malaysia)

    29 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    MISC confirms that another body was recovered in the waters early Saturday morning. The identity of the body has yet to be confirmed. As for the two bodies recovered on Friday they are confirmed to be Ordinary Seaman Mohd Hanafi Bin Kalil and Senior Pumpman Zahari Bin Hassim, both Malaysians. [mappress] Source: MISC Berhad, July […]

  • Greek-owned Chemical Tanker Hijacked in Gulf of Aden

    1 November 2011

    Somali pirates have hijacked a Greek-owned chemical tanker in the Gulf of Aden with a crew of 22 people on board including an unarmed guard… By Mohamed Ahmed in Mogadishu(Reuters) [mappress] Source: Reuters, November 1, 2011

  • Poor TCE Rates Push Scorpio Tankers to Loss

    27 April 2017
    Business & Finance

    Due to low time charter equivalent (TCE) rates, Monaco-based tanker shipping company Scorpio Tankers suffered a net loss of USD 11.5 million in the first quarter of 2017, against a net income of USD 28 million posted in the same period last year.  From January to March 2017, TCE revenue decreased to USD 120.3 million […]

  • Thun Tankers Christens LNG-Fueled Ship in Stockholm

    12 September 2019
    Business & Finance

    The 18,000 dwt ship, built by Avic Dingheng, is the third from a batch of six Sweden-flagged sister vessels.

  • Navios Acquisition to Acquire New MR2 Product Tankers

    3 April 2013

    Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation (Navios Acquisition), an owner and operator of tanker vessels, announced today that it agreed to acquire three MR2 product tankers for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $98 million. One of the vessels is a newbuilding MR2 Eco Type product tanker of 50,000 dwt for approximately $34.3 million. The vessel is […]

  • NASSCO Hands Over Fourth ECO Tanker to APT

    28 September 2016
    Business & Finance

    US shipbuilder General Dynamics NASSCO has delivered the fourth vessel in a series of five ECO Class product tankers under contract with crude oil transporter American Petroleum Tankers (APT).  The Bay State was handed over during a signing ceremony at the NASSCO shipyard in San Diego, California. The Bay State is a 610-foot-long, 50,000 dwt, […]

  • Furetank places order for eleventh climate-friendly tanker

    27 July 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Vessels

    Swedish shipping company Furetank has ordered one more dual-fuel tanker to be added to its Vinga series of energy-efficient climate-friendly ships. Like its sister vessels, the new tanker will be built by China Merchants Jinling Shipyard in Yangzhou, with the delivery scheduled for July 2024. Furetank said that the agreement with the shipyard also includes […]

  • VEB Group to Finance Three More Sovcomflot Tankers

    5 February 2019
    Business & Finance

    Medvedev: VEB Group is to finance the construction of three more tankers for Sovcomflot.

  • Report: Tanker’s Crew Member Dies of Major Burns

    18 January 2018

    One crew member from the fire-stricken tanker Genessa has lost his life due to major burns.

  • Furetank cuts steel for seventh dual-fuel tanker

    17 September 2019
    Vessels

    Sweden-based Furetank has kicked off the construction of its 17,999 dwt dual-fuel product tanker at Avic Dingheng Shipbuilding.

  • HAZID Completed for Mitsui’s Methanol-Fuelled Tankers

    14 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    DNV GL has conducted a risk assessment “hazard identification study (HAZID)” on a series of three methanol-fuelled tankers for owner Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and shipyard Minami Nippon Shipbuilding in Japan. As these are the vessels with a flex fuelled low speed diesel engine using methanol and/or heavy fuel oil, DNV GL was asked to participate […]

  • PowerX: World’s first battery tanker breaks cover

    29 May 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Vessels

    Japanese battery startup PowerX Inc. has unveiled a detailed design of the first-ever battery tanker at the Bariship International Maritime Exhibition held in Imabari City in Japan.

  • Aker Philadelphia Shipyard Begins Construction of LNG-Ready Product Tanker

    7 January 2014

    Aker Philadelphia Shipyard (APSI), the wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary of Aker Philadelphia Shipyard ASA, began production activities on Monday on the first product tanker that it is building for its joint venture with Crowley. Crowley and APSI have signed contracts for the first four tankers, with a total contract value of approximately $500 million. A small […]

  • Spotted: Gazprom Neft’s Arch7 Tanker Tests the Waters

    11 March 2016
    Business & Finance

    Well this is a sight we don’t see every day. In today’s spotted we present you the Shturman (Navigator) Albanov, the first of six Gazprom Neft’s Arch7-class tankers built to ensure year-round oil transportation from Novy port in Russia. The image shows the ship’s rudder before the tanker was launched successfully last week and got […]

  • Israel says it identified tanker responsible for oil spill

    4 March 2021
    Authorities & Government, Environment, Vessels

    Israel has identified the crude oil tanker that polluted its shores with blocks of tar following an oil spill, the country’s Environmental Protection Minister Gila Gamliel said. According to the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the ship in question is a Libyan-owned ship that was carrying cargo from Iran to Syria named Emerald. The findings from […]

  • Teekay Tankers Sees Signs of Market Upturn in 2017

    23 February 2017
    Business & Finance

    2017 will present some headwinds to crude tanker rates due to cuts to OPEC production, rising oil prices, and fleet growth, however, this dip in the current market cycle will be relatively short and shallow according to Teekay Tankers, part of the Teekay Corporation. In addition, lower fleet growth, strong oil demand growth, particularly in […]

  • Samsung Heavy delivers Celsius Carolina LNG tanker

    13 August 2021
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has delivered Celsius Carolina, the last of four LNG tankers it built for Denmark’s Celsius Shipping.

  • Wärtsilä pens maintenance deal with Tokyo LNG Tanker

    26 February 2019
    Vessels

    Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has signed a long-term maintenance deal with Japanese LNG shipowner Tokyo LNG Tanker, a Tokyo Gas unit.

  • Keel Laid for First of Four Crowley’s Product Tankers

    25 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, Inc. (APSI) hosted a keel laying ceremony yesterday, September 24th for the first of four Crowley Maritime Corp. product tankers.The 330,000-barrel, Jones Act tankers are being built through a joint venture between Crowley and Aker. Keeping with the long-held shipbuilding tradition, several coins were placed by representatives from Crowley, APSI and others on one […]

  • FSL Looking to Order LR2 Tanker Duo in China

    7 December 2018
    Business & Finance

    FSL Trust signed a Letter of Intent for the construction of two scrubber-fitted LR2 tankers.

  • Iran Seizes UK-Flagged Tanker in Strait of Hormuz

    20 July 2019
    Business & Finance

    Iran seized a British-flagged, Swedish-owned oil tanker while transiting the Strait of Hormuz Friday.

  • Celsius Shipping Orders Tanker Quartet at Nantong Mingde

    5 March 2015
    Business & Finance

    Copenhagen-based ship owner Celsius Shipping has ordered four more chemical tankers from China’s shipbuilder Nantong Mingde Heavy Industry. The contract for four 24,600 DWT stainless steel tankers was signed on March 3rd, the company’s COO Niels Stig Christensen confirmed to World Maritime News. The contract brings the company’s orderbook to a total of 14 chemical tankers of about […]

  • UK-US duo buying Europe’s ‘largest’ LNG regasification facility

    14 August 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    U.K.-based energy company Centrica and U.S. investment firm Energy Capital Partners (ECP), part of Bridgeport Group, have set the wheels in motion to acquire the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Kent County, UK, from British electricity and gas utility, the National Grid group.

  • KNOT Holds Naming Ceremony for New Shuttle Tanker

    27 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    On September 25, Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers AS , of which NYK has a 50% share, held a naming ceremony for a new shuttle tanker that is being built at Hyundai Heavy Industries. The ceremony was attended by KNOT president Trygve Seglem, NYK senior managing corporate officer Hitoshi Nagasawa, and NYK corporate officer Svein Steimler, […]

  • Hyundai Mipo Inks Deal to Build Chemical Tanker

    3 March 2020
    Business & Finance

    Hyundai Mipo Dockyard has received an order for the construction of a chemical tanker.