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McKeil Marine becomes the world's newest tanker owner

December 19th, 20180 Canada has a new tanker owner. Ontario-based McKeil Marine has swooped for a pair of Turkish product tankers to go alongside its fleet of tugs, barges and general cargo...

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Concordia Maritime pockets over $5m from suezmax play

December 19th, 20180 Concordia Maritime is selling the positions it took in four chartered-in suezmax tankers in a move which will see it pocket around $5.3m. The company chartered the...

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Aegean Marine goes back to Mercuria for salvation

December 18th, 20180 Bust Greek maritime fuel provider Aegean Marine Petroleum Network has found a new restructuring partner in the form of Mercuria Energy Group after a rival deal with...

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Enesel back at Daehan for suezmaxes

December 18th, 20180 Making the most of cheap prices on offer Greek owner Enesel is back at Korean yard Daehan Shipbuilding for more tankers. Brokers report the Lemos family controlled owner...

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Unisea opts for Hanjin Subic aframaxes

December 18th, 20180 Adam Lemos-led Unisea of Greece has ordered its first tanker newbuilds since 2015. Brokers report the company has ordered two 113,000 dwt aframaxes at Hanjin Heavy...

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RBD Armatori fleet back on the auction block at reduced price

December 17th, 20180 The Court of Torre Annunziata in Naples has once again put up for sale the entire fleet of RBD Armatori, having failed to secure a buyer in an initial auction earlier...

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Norden: The asset-light argument

December 17th, 20180 Jan Rindbo aims to take Norden further down his planned digital and global path next year. The CEO of one of Denmark’s largest shipping lines, Norden, is anticipating...

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Concord Maritime tanker pool up and running with Atlas and Emarat vessels

December 14th, 20180 Tanker commercial management firm Concord Maritime, launched in April by Ben Ognibene, has revealed the make-up of its Dakota Tankers Aframax Pool following the addition...

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FSL plans vessels sales to fund newbuild product tanker pair

December 13th, 20180 Singapore’s First Ship Lease Trust (FSL) has signed contracts with Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry for the construction of two scrubber-fitted LR2 product tankers for...

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Tufton Oceanic makes product foray

December 12th, 20180 Busy British private equity concern Tufton Oceanic has made its first ship investments since the end of July including an eye catching entrance into the product tanker...

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Navig8 Chemical Tankers seals double sale and leaseback with AVIC

December 12th, 20180 Navig8 Chemical Tankers has sold two 37,000 dwt product tankers to China’s AVIC International Leasing and will charter them back on 10-year charters. Navig8 will...

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Abu Dhabi’s Goldilocks buys into Gulf Navigation

December 11th, 20180 Goldilocks Investment, part of Abu Dhabi Financial Group (ADFG), has bought an 18.32% stake in Dubai-listed chemical tanker operator Gulf Navigation Holding, its latest...

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OSG extends charters of nine tankers from American Shipping Company

December 11th, 20180 Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG) has exercised options to extend the bareboat charters of nine handysize product tankers it has on charter from Aker’s American...

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Poten turns cautious on VLCC prospects after OPEC cuts

December 10th, 20180 Tanker brokers Poten & Partners warn in their latest weekly report that VLCC rates for next year could be hit by news from Vienna last week of a cut in global oil...

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Mercator quits VLCC trades with sale of famous ship

December 10th, 20180 One of most famous VLCCs of all time has changed hands. The 2006-built , owned by India’s Mercator, has been sold for $34m after much interest from Greek buyers. The...

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Unique's latest sale shows MR uptrend in values

December 10th, 20180 Unique Shipping from Hong Kong is developing strong ties with Denmark’s Celsius Shipping. Clarkson reports in its latest weekly report that Unique, controlled by the...

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FSL Trust moves to order LR2 product tanker pair

December 7th, 20180 Singapore shipping trust FSL Trust Management plans to use freshly raised funds to add a pair of newbuild product tankers to its fleet. The trust has entered into a...

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Greeks dominate another bumper year of S&P deals
Once again it is the Greeks who have dominated the sale and purchase markets in 2018. The latest... Dec 19th, 2018 inEurope
McKeil Marine becomes the world’s newest tanker owner
Canada has a new tanker owner. Ontario-based McKeil Marine has swooped for a pair of Turkish... Dec 19th, 2018 inTankers
Grim boxship charter market forces owners of spot tonnage to get creative
Charterers of boxships of all sizes are in for a tough couple of months with analysts at Alphaliner... Dec 19th, 2018 inContainers
Toyota invests in autonomous shipping
Japan’s largest car manufacturer has put money towards developing autonomous... Dec 18th, 2018 inTech
Revolutionary new multi-storey box storage system unveiled in Dubai
An intelligent multi-storey container park has been developed by terminal operator DP World and... Dec 18th, 2018 inPorts and Logistics

Greeks dominate another bumper year of S&P deals

Holger Strack to lead Zeaborn Ship Management as Nils Aden and Isabelle Rickmers depart

Transport Capital taps former NordLB shipping head

Concordia Maritime pockets over $5m from suezmax play

McKeil Marine becomes the world's newest tanker owner

Rowan Companies awarded Guyana jackup contract

Haiphong gets first direct link to US

Toyota invests in autonomous shipping

Revolutionary new multi-storey box storage system unveiled in Dubai

GMS takes elderly box brace

Shell to develop bunkering hub at Duqm

Polarcus awarded seismic contract in West Africa

Transport Capital taps former NordLB shipping head

Masterbulk trials Japanese battery solution on 54,810 dwt ship

Haiphong gets first direct link to US

Toyota invests in autonomous shipping

Koreans rush to New Times for Vale newcastlemaxes

Sun sets for former Chinese yard highflyer

CSIC Leasing goes for cape quartet at Qingdao Beihai

Chinese port sets out to overhaul Singapore’s bunkering dominance in the low sulphur era

Greeks dominate another bumper year of S&P deals