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Teekay launches digital dashboard 'The Helm'

Apr 13, 2018

Teekay Tankers Ltd. has launched a vessel dashboard portal called The Helm that is designed to give pool partners a transparent, real-time direct link to commercial, technical and market data pertaining to their vessels.For Teekay Tankers CEO…

Shell, AET Deal for LNG Aframaxes

Apr 12, 2018

Malaysian-owned global shipping company specialising in the ocean transport of crude oil and refined products  AET Tankers and Shell International Trading and Shipping Company  formalised arrangements for the long-term charter of AET’s two…

Bahri Adds New VLCC Khurais

Apr 11, 2018

National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) has taken delivery of Khurais, a very large crude carrier (VLCC), from Korean Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI).  Industry leader adds fourth VLCC this year, bringing its total number of vessels to 92…

Bulk Carrier Crashes into a Mansion in the Bosphorus Strait

Apr 08, 2018

A massive bulk carrier has crashed into an historic mansion on the shores of Istanbul's Bosphorus Strait after its steering equipment became locked, Al Jazeera reported quoting Turkish state media. The Maltese-flagged Vitaspirit, a 225-meter…

SCF Secures Funds for Six Aframax Tankers

Apr 06, 2018

PAO Sovcomflot (SCF Group) informed that it has signed a new $252 million 7-year credit facility with a consortium of six leading international banks, which includes: ABN AMRO Bank; BNP Paribas; Citibank; ING Bank; KfW IPEX-Bank, and Société Générale…

LNG Ships: Two DSME Orders for GTT

Apr 06, 2018

GTT announces it has received at the end of March, an order from the South Korean shipyard Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) for the design of the LNG tanks of two LNG carriers (LNGC). Each offering a capacity of 173,400m3…

Bahri Tanker NCC Amal Carries Chemical Cargo to China

Apr 05, 2018

National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) announced the transportation of the first chemical shipment from Aramco Trading Company (ATC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Saudi Aramco that trades refined, liquid chemical and polymer products…

Feringa Exits NORDEN’s Board of Directors

Apr 05, 2018

Team Tankers CEO, Hans Feringa, has resigned from the board of directors at Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN A/S following Team Tankers’ acquisition of a potential competitor to NORDEN’s tanker business.Team Tankers announced on Wednesday that…

GAIL to Start Importing LNG Under Gazprom Deal

Apr 04, 2018

GAIL (India) to begin getting liquefied natural gas (LNG) under reworked deal with Gazprom from May, India's oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan told lawmakers on Wednesday GAIL signed a 2.5 million tonnes a year LNG import deal with Gazprom…

U.S. Commerce Chief Ross: China Trade Talks Likely

Apr 04, 2018

U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Wednesday he expects trade actions between the United States and China will likely lead to a negotiated deal, but that it was unclear whether such talks would happen by the end of May or later. 'It…

China Importers Hope to Sell U.S. Cargoes After Tariff Move

Apr 04, 2018

Chinese importers expecting cargoes of U.S. commodities from beef to propane said they hope to sell the goods to South Korea or Japan after Beijing's decision to slap extra tariffs on a swathe of items from agricultural products to chemicals…

GE Shipping to Buy Secondhand VLGC

Apr 02, 2018

India's largest private sector shipping company which mainly transports liquid, gas and solid bulk products Great Eastern Shipping Company Limited (GE Shipping) signed a contract to buy a secondhand Very Large Gas Carrier (VLGC) of about 81…

New Times Shipbuilding Launches Two Aframax for Frontline

Apr 02, 2018

On April 2, No.13 and No.14 111,000 DWT Oil Tankers launched successively from NTS drydock, both of which are built for Frontline.  New Times Shipbuilding's CEO Liu Haijin and the representatives from the owner and ABS attended the launching ceremony…

China Hammers US Goods with Tariffs

Apr 02, 2018

China has increased tariffs by up to 25 percent on 128 U.S. products, from frozen pork and wine to certain fruits and nuts, escalating a dispute between the world's biggest economies in response to U.S. duties on imports of aluminium and steel…

UN Blacklists Dozens over North Korean Smuggling at Sea

Apr 02, 2018

The United Nations Security Council blacklisted dozens of ships and shipping companies on Friday over oil and coal smuggling by North Korea, boosting pressure on Pyongyang as leader Kim Jong Un plans to meet with his South Korean and U.S. counterparts…

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