Tankers
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Gestioni Armatoriali sells tanker pair to Chandris Hellas
Piraeus-based shipping company Chandrios Hellas is reported as the new operator of a pair of MR2 tankers bought by Italy’s…
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Algoma adds product tanker
Canada’s Algoma Central Corporation has grown its tanker fleet to seven with the acquisition of a 2008-built product tanker. Algoma…
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Torm joins China-based scrubber joint venture
Denmark’s Torm becomes the latest owner to invest in a scrubber manufacturer ahead of 2020’s global sulphur cap. The tanker…
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Paolo d’Amico to take the reigns at d’Amico International
D’Amico International Shipping has announced that chairman Paolo d’Amico will take over from Marco Fiori, who resigned last month, as…
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All crew evacuated from Norwegian frigate after collision with Tsakos tanker
A Tsakos aframax and a naval frigate collided last night off Norway with the Norwegian ship driven aground to prevent…
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Union Maritime adds another aframax
Union Maritime has been linked by brokers to the acquisition of 2004-built aframax from Germany’s Hansa Treuhand. The deal, around…
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Brightoil dismisses sale and leaseback rumours
China’s Brightoil Petroleum has denied reports carried by Splash of a major sale and leaseback deal with compatriot Shandong Shipping.…
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Top Ships seals new charter with BP
Greek tanker owner Top Ships has agreed a new time charter with BP Shipping for 2016-built product/chemical tanker . The…
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Aframax tanker pool launched
Reederei Nord and Singapore’s Synergy Group, on behalf of Japan’s Nissen Kaiun, have officially launched N2Tankers, a new aframax tanker…
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Sunken Iranian tanker features on US sanctions list
The badly burnt, rusting wreckage of the lies on the seabed of the East China Sea. The burning Iranian tanker…
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Iranian sanctions seen boosting tanker rates
The reimposition of sanctions on Iran – effective from today – is viewed by multiple analysts as a boon for…
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Arne Fredly adds three more VLCCs at DSME
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) announced today that it has won a $273m deal to build three VLCCs for…
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Sinochem orders four chemical tankers at Wuchang Shipbuilding
Chinese state-run chemicals trading group Sinochem has placed an order at CSIC-affilated Wuchang Shipbuilding for the construction of up to…
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Shanghai Stock Exchange approves Nanjing Tanker relisting
Nanjing Tanker, the tanker arm of Sinotrans & CSC, has announced that the company has received approval from Shanghai Stock…
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Chemical tanker leak causes chaos at Quanzhou Port
China’s Quanzhou Port suffered a major incident at one of its petrochemical terminals on Sunday, resulting in nearly seven tons…
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Frontline commits to more Feen scrubbers
John Fredriksen’s Frontline has ordered more scrubbers from Feen Marine Scrubbers, the company it bought a 20% stake in earlier…
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VLCCs pass Worldscale 100 mark
Rates for VLCCs out of the Middle East to Asia have reached the Worldscale 100 mark, pushing earnings close to…
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Weekly Broker: Bulker feast
The secondhand bulker sale and purchase market in the past week has turned to a feast for owners who are…
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Capital opts for scrubbers on its larger ships, charges HMM $4,900 a day premium for 5,000 teu quintet
Evangelos Marinakis’s Capital Product Partners become the latest big name in shipping to hedge their bets and invest in scrubbers…
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Nigeria’s NNPC resumes international crude shipping service
Nigerian state-run Nigerian National Petroleum Commission (NNPC) has announced that subsidiary NIDAS Shipping Services will resume crude shipping services after…
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