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Tankers
Charred New Diamond arrives in the UAE
The charred VLCC has made its way to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after a long journey under tow across…
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Operations
Greek master cops $65,000 fine over New Diamond blaze
The Greek master of the badly burnt VLCC was fined $65,000 at Colombo’s High Court yesterday. The captain, Sterio Ilias,…
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Tankers
Aframax mine blast off Yemen puts shipping on alert
Shipping has been put on alert to be highly vigilant when transiting the Gulf of Aden with news of an…
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Operations
Airlines head vows to help fix crew change conundrum
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) are jointly calling on governments to take…
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Middle East
Product tanker captured by Iranians reignites Hormuz security concerns
A Hong Kong-flagged handy product tanker at anchorage in Fujairah was boarded by armed men yesterday and told to head…
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Operations
Governments urged to back collective crew change plan
An alliance of maritime companies concerned about seafarer welfare and the viability of ocean supply chains in the midst of…
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Bunkering
Fuel price spread plummets to as low as $62 per tonne
Latest data from Ship&Bunker shows the average price spread between high and low sulphur fuel oil at the world’s 20…
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Contributions
IMO2020: How long will majors and refiners be able to bear the credit heat?
Will Hogg from Infospectrum on risk management in the sulphur cap era. IMO 2020 seems to be providing oil majors…
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Asia
Malaysia bans open-loop scrubbers
Malaysia has become the latest country to ban the use of open-loop scrubbers in the country’s waters due to concerns…
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Contributions
Washwater monitoring: to be or not to be?
Rivertrace’s Graham North on a vital addendum to the scrubber debate. The global sulphur cap is just around the corner,…
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Middle East
Iran seizes Stena and Norbulk tankers
Two tankers were taken into Iranian waters today, sending merchant shipping into heightened crisis mode. As has been widely reported,…
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Greater China
Indonesian terror group planning attacks on Chinese ships
China’s Ministry of Transport has increased the security alert level for Chinese ships sailing through the Malacca Strait to level…
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Europe
Frontline offloading naphtha from damaged Front Altair
Frontline has deployed the LR2 Front Vega to complete a ship-to-ship transfer (STS) of the naphtha cargo onboard the damaged…
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Middle East
US narrative on Hormuz attacks questioned
The US narrative that Iran is to blame for the tanker explosions in and around the Strait of Hormuz over…
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Asia
Vitol building low-sulphur fuel refinery near Malaysia’s PTP
Vitol, the world’s largest independent oil trader, is building a small oil refinery at its storage terminal in Malaysia to…
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Middle East
US seeks international naval coalition to escort merchant ships through the Strait of Hormuz
US secretary of state Mike Pompeo yesterday called for an international coalition to shepherd ships heading through the Strait of…
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Middle East
As Pentagon releases further images, Hormuz attacks become clearer
Keen to build a stronger case against Iran, the United States military yesterday released more images of what it claims…
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Middle East
BSM confirms US military video features the Kokuka Courageous
The technical managers of the product tanker have confirmed that the ship, which appears in a video posted last week…
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Maritime CEO
TankerTrackers.com: Making sense of what’s happening in the Strait of Hormuz
In the last five weeks of conjecture, confusion and calamity for maritime oil transport along the Strait of Hormuz, there…
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Middle East
Stricken tankers and crew reported safe in UAE waters
The two tankers and their crew involved in dangerous strikes while transiting the Strait of Hormuz last Thursday arrived safely…
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