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Posted: 7 days ago

Greek tanker damaged in mine explosion off Saudi coast

A Malta-flagged tanker sustained damages following a mine explosion in the Red Sea, about 125 miles ...

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  • Vessels
Posted: 7 days ago
Posted: 10 days ago

Tanker towed to safety after going adrift off eco-sensitive Nicobar Islands

A Panama-flagged tanker has been towed to safety after it went adrift off the ecologically sensitive...

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  • Safety
Posted: 10 days ago
Posted: 22 days ago

Economou sells Heidmar tanker pool to Khanna

Tanker pooling and commercial management company Heidmar has been acquired by its CEO Pankaj Khanna ...

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  • Business developments & projects
Posted: 22 days ago
Posted: 24 days ago

Stolt Tankers, John T. Essberger create parcel tanker joint venture

Stolt Tankers, part of transportation company Stolt-Nielsen Limited, has entered into a joint ventur...

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  • Collaboration
Posted: 24 days ago
Posted: 24 days ago

Pirates attack two tankers off West Africa

Pirates attack two tankers off West Africa

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  • Vessels
Posted: 24 days ago
Posted: 27 days ago

Euronav tries to escape challenging freight rates by bringing forward dry dockings

Belgium’s tanker shipping company Euronav has decided to bring forward dry dockings in order t...

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  • Business & Finance
Posted: 27 days ago
Posted: about 1 month ago

BIMCO: 500 days since last VLCC was sold to scrapyard

On 2 November 2020, it will be 500 days since the last very large crude carrier (VLCC) left active s...

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  • Vessels
Posted: about 1 month ago
Posted: about 1 month ago

Norden offloads MR2 tanker acquired last year

Danish shipping company Dampskibsselskabet Norden A/S has wrapped up the sale of product tanker Nord...

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  • Vessels
Posted: about 1 month ago
Posted: about 1 month ago

Aegean Shipping orders Aframax pair in China

Greek shipping company Aegean Shipping Management recently entered into an agreement with Chinese sh...

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  • Vessels
Posted: about 1 month ago
Posted: 2 months ago

d’Amico sells another MR tanker oldie

d’Amico Tankers D.A.C. (Ireland), part of Italian shipping company d’Amico International Shipping (D...

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  • Vessels
Posted: 2 months ago
Posted: 2 months ago

Update: Fire put out aboard tanker off Sri Lanka coast

The fire onboard the Panama-flagged crude oil tanker New Diamond has been completely extinguished, t...

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  • Vessels
Posted: 2 months ago
Posted: 3 months ago

EU NAVFOR: Tanker not hijacked by pirates off Somali coast

The Panama-flagged chemical/oil tanker Aegean II was not hijacked off the Horn of Africa earlier thi...

Categories:
  • Safety
Posted: 3 months ago
Posted: 3 months ago

Report: Somali pirates strike again, hijacking tanker off Horn of Africa

A Panama-flagged chemical tanker has been reportedly attacked by Somali pirates off the Horn of Afri...

Categories:
  • Vessels
Posted: 3 months ago
Posted: 3 months ago

US says it seized Iranian fuel from four Venezuela-bound tankers

The United States has seized fuel from four oil tankers reportedly carrying fuel shipments from Iran...

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  • Vessels
Posted: 3 months ago
Posted: 3 months ago

Gulf of Oman: Tanker boarded by Iranian forces not arrested

Iranian naval forces boarded an oil and chemical tanker in the Gulf of Oman, numerous media outlets ...

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  • Vessels
Posted: 3 months ago
Posted: 4 months ago

Newly-formed E4C Shipping behind tanker order at Hyundai Mipo

E4C Shipping Pte Ltd, a newly-formed joint venture company, has ordered two medium-range (MR) produc...

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  • Vessels
Posted: 4 months ago
Posted: 5 months ago

Aker forms joint venture with Ocean Yield for seven tankers

Norwegian industrial investment company Aker Capital AS has entered into an agreement with compatrio...

Categories:
  • Collaboration
Posted: 5 months ago
Posted: 6 months ago

Tanker management company Sokana relaunched

Sokana, a tanker management company operating in the chemical and product segments, was relaunched ...

Categories:
  • Collaboration
Posted: 6 months ago
Posted: 6 months ago

Three kidnapped from tanker off Nigerian coast

Three crew members were kidnapped from a tanker at Opobo river mouth, some 27 nautical miles off ea...

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  • Vessels
Posted: 6 months ago
Posted: 6 months ago

Hyundai Heavy secures deal to build two scrubber-fitted VLCCs

South Korean shipbuilding giant Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Group has received an order for the ...

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  • Vessels
Posted: 6 months ago
Posted: 6 months ago

Tanker fire kills seven at shipyard in Indonesia

Seven people died after an Aframax tanker undergoing maintenance at a shipyard in Indonesia caught ...

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  • Vessels
Posted: 6 months ago
Posted: 6 months ago

Thun Tankers orders 2nd ‘Not Always Afloat But Safely Aground’ ship

Shipping company Thun Tankers has placed an order for another ‘Not Always Afloat But Safely A...

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  • Vessels
Posted: 6 months ago
Posted: 6 months ago

Navios Acquisition unveils sale and leasebacks for tanker quartet

Tanker owner and operator Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation has announced $76.7 million sale ...

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  • Vessels
Posted: 6 months ago
Posted: 6 months ago

Euronav posts massive surge in Q1 profit

Antwerp-based tanker shipping company Euronav is reaping large profits from strong underlying tanker...

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  • Business & Finance
Posted: 6 months ago
Posted: 6 months ago

Norden had its best first quarter since 2015

Although the first quarter of this year was characterised by weak spot rates in dry cargo and stron...

Categories:
  • Business & Finance
Posted: 6 months ago
Posted: 7 months ago

d’Amico, Glencore JV offloads MR tanker

d’Amico International Shipping S.A. (DIS) said that its joint venture with Glencore Group has decide...

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  • Vessels
Posted: 7 months ago