Tankers
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AET ordering pair of LNG dual-fuel VLCCs for Total charter
Singapore-based Malaysian tanker owner AET has sealed an agreement with Total’s Chartering and Shipping Services for the time charter of…
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Newbuild orders slide 55% in Q1
Confirmed newbuild orders in the first quarter of the year slumped 55% year-on-year with only 6.6m dwt ordered across the…
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Okeanis Eco Tankers seals three-year VLCC charter
Okeanis Eco Tankers, the Oslo-listed Alafouzos family tanker vehicle, has opted to move one of its ships from the spot…
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BRS chairman predicts ships will have far shorter shelf life
One of the best known names in shipbroking has suggested the lifecycle of ships is set to get a whole…
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Weekly Broker: April on target to be quietest month in more than a decade
The secondhand sale and purchase market in general has gone even quieter this past week as the spread of coronavirus…
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DHT Holdings secures charters for six VLCCs
New York-listed VLCC tanker owner DHT Holdings has announced that it has entered into time charter contracts for six of…
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Pan Ocean places debut VLCC order at DSME
South Korean owner Pan Ocean has placed an order at compatriot yard Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) for the…
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Navigare: The deal sourcing pipeline
Navigare Capital Partners, a Copenhagen-based alternative investment fund manager dedicated to investments in maritime assets, is gearing up for a…
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Transmed adds VLCCs
With VLCC rates enjoying extraordinary strength over the past month, interest in secondhand tonnage is also strong. Brokers are seeing…
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Asahi Tanker to build world’s first zero-emissions electric bunker tankers
Japanese owner Asahi Tanker has announced a plan to build the world’s first two zero-emissions electric bunker tankers. The vessels…
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OSG seals $33m financing for newbuild Jones Act oil and chemical barge
Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG) has closed on a $33.15m loan, led by Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF), to finance a newbuild…
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Premuda fixes newbuild MR tanker to Clearlake
Pillarstone’s Genoa-based Premuda has taken delivery of newbuild MR tanker from Minami Nippon, its first newbuild in five years. The…
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Which sector will be hit hardest by the coronavirus?
Coronavirus has infected the latest quarterly survey carried on this site with readers asked to pick their winners and losers…
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Pan Ocean appoints new CEO
One of South Korea’s largest shipping lines has a new boss. Joong Ho Ahn steps up today from the position…
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Stena Bulk MR tanker takes on biofuel
Swedish tanker owner Stena Bulk has commenced a test to run one of its MR tankers on 100% biofuel. The…
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China Merchants sells chemical tanker trio and orders MPP quartet
Shanghai Ming Wah Shipping, a wholly owned subsidiary of China Merchants Group, has announced a plan to sell three 6,300…
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Weekly Broker: Lethargy a symptom of the virus
Deals for secondhand tonnage are drying up quicker than people’s throats. There’s the logistics of sealing a deal first up…
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Concord Maritime: ‘Tanker owners usually wind up with the people they know and trust’
December saw tanker commercial management firm Concord Maritime, launched in April 2018 by Ben Ognibene, move into shipowning with the…
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3 Maj to complete unfinished tanker for Marflet Marine
Spanish tanker operator Marflet Marine has entered into an agreement with 3 Maj, a subsidiary yard of financially troubled Croatian…
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Simeon Palios tests positive for coronavirus
Simeon Palios, the chairman and CEO of both Diana Shipping and Performance Shipping, has tested positive for coronavirus. In an…
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