Tankers News


Hafnia Tankers Eyes USD 34 Mln to Finance Fleet Additions

Feb 13, 2015

Hafnia Tankers Ltd have entered into an agreement to acquire 4 LR1 product tankers.This acquisition confirms the commitment of Hafnia Tankers and its stakeholders to further expand the business within the product tanker segment.The vessels are: Kihada – to be renamed Hafnia Africa…

Wärtsilä DF Engines for Icebreaking LNG Carriers

Feb 12, 2015

Five new Arc 7 design ice-class LNG carriers being built at the Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) yard in South Korea will be powered by a total of 30 Wärtsilä 50DF dual-fuel engines. The vessels will operate in arctic conditions to serve the Yamal LNG project in Northern Russia…

USCG Detain Tanker in Port Angeles

Feb 11, 2015

Coast Guard personnel detained the tanker Overseas Jademar in Port Angeles, Monday. Port State Control officers, from Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound, discovered several significant safety violations during a port state control exam of the Marshall Island-flagged tanker…

NewLead Holdings Company Update

Feb 11, 2015

NewLead Holdings Ltd. has succeeded in growing the fleet of the Company from two to ten vessels in less than one year following its growth strategy and delivering on its commitments.NewLead's fleet has been entirely transformed to include younger…

‘Business as Unusual’ for Oil in the Medium Term

Feb 10, 2015

IEA report sees a transformed market, with supply more responsive to prices than in the past – and demand less so The recent crash in oil prices will cause the oil market to rebalance in ways that challenge traditional thinking about the responsiveness of supply and demand…

Oil Tankers Run Gauntlet in Nigeria's 'Pirate Alley'

Feb 05, 2015

A pirate attack that killed a supertanker crewman off the coast of Nigeria this week has highlighted a growing threat off oil-rich West Africa, as vessels carrying millions of barrels of crude traverse a region that has become known as 'pirate alley'…

Wärtsilä's Propulsion For First CNG Carrier

Feb 05, 2015

The world's first ever carrier vessel for compressed natural gas (CNG) is to be powered by an integrated Wärtsilä propulsion system, chosen for its energy efficiency and environmental sustainability. The vessel is being built at the Jiangsu…

LR2 Product Tanker Joins Scorpio Tankers' Fleet

Feb 05, 2015

Scorpio Tankers Inc. today took delivery of STI Alexis, an LR2 product tanker from Daehan Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. This vessel will begin a voyage for 52 days at approximately $33,500 per day. The Company has also exercised an option to…

Euronav’s $235m Maersk Venture

Feb 05, 2015

Euronav NV announces today that following the closing of its Initial Public Offering (“IPO”) of its ordinary shares on NYSE, the Company will repay the USD 235.5 million bond issued to partly finance the acquisition of 15 VLCCs from Maersk Tankers Singapore Pte Ltd announced on 5 January 2014…

Thome: Self-Sufficient in Junior Officer Recruitment

Feb 03, 2015

THOME Group announced that it has become self-sufficient in recruiting junior officers thanks to its in-house cadet training program.Launched in 2005 under THOME’s “Human Element” initiative, the Thome Global Cadet Program has already trained in excess of 1…

Kurz, Levy Appointed to Rand Board of Directors

Feb 03, 2015

Rand Logistics, Inc. has announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Robert Kurz and Edward Levy as Class III and Class I directors, respectively.Kurz is Vice President of Kinder Morgan Terminals and the President of their tanker division…

INTERTANKO Welcomes EMSA Sulphur Inspection Guidance

Feb 03, 2015

INTERTANKO issued a press statement today stating its approval for the recently completed European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) Sulphur Inspection Guidance supporting the implementation of Council Directive 1999/32/EC. EMSA’s guidance aims…

MMEA Recover Hijacked Tanker

Feb 01, 2015

A hijacked Malaysian coastal tanker has been recovered by the prompt actions of the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) off the coast of Malaysia.The owners of the Malaysian tanker lost contact with the tanker at 2200 hours on 28 January 2015…

Scorpio Takes Delivery of STI Veneto

Feb 01, 2015

Scorpio Tankers Inc. has taken delivery of STI Veneto, an LR2 product tanker from Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. This vessel will begin a voyage for 60 days at approximately $32,000 per day.With this Scorpio Tankers owns 63 tankers (nine LR2 tankers…

Shell 'Optimistic' on U.S. Refinery Contract Talks

Jan 30, 2015

Lead industry negotiator Royal Dutch Shell Plc said on Thursday it was 'optimistic' a new three-year agreement could be reached with a union representing hourly workers at 63 U.S. refineries that account for two-thirds of U.S. refining capacity…

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