Oil Tankers

Tanker shipping news – VLCC and Aframax crude rates, product tanker fixtures, chemical carrier demand, sanctions fleet shifts and crude oil tankers.

Thursday, December 8, 2022
File photo of a product tanker underway at sea
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OSG Extends Bareboat Charters with American Shipping Company

U.S.-flag energy shipping company Overseas Shipholding Group (NYSE: OSG) has exercised options to extend its bareboat charter agreements with American Shipping

December 8, 2022
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Supertanker Earnings Plunge on Reduced Crude Supplies

By Alex Longley and Sharon Cho (Bloomberg) — Earnings for giant supertankers carrying crude are slumping as OPEC+ production cuts and reduced releases

December 8, 2022
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Oil tankers wait at anchorage in the Black Sea off Kilyos near Istanbul
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Turkey Holds Firm on Tanker Insurance Demand as Jam Worsens

(Bloomberg) — A standoff over sanctions and insurance that has caused a jam of oil tankers at the key Bosphorus shipping strait escalated on Thursday,

December 8, 2022
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Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Turkish Strait Oil Tanker
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Russia is Concerned Over Oil Tanker Jam in Bosphorus – RIA

MOSCOW, Dec 7 (Reuters) – Russia is concerned about a build-up of oil tankers in the Bosphorus Strait and is discussing the issue with

December 7, 2022
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Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Turkish Tanker Jam Leaves Millions of Barrels Stuck at Sea
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Turkish Tanker Jam Leaves Millions of Barrels Stuck at Sea

By Julian Lee and Alex Longley (Bloomberg) — Oil tankers hauling millions of barrels of Kazakh crude are being prevented from leaving the Black Sea to

December 6, 2022
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Monday, December 5, 2022
Tanker Jam Off Turkey as Price Cap on Russian Crude Kicks In
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Tanker Jam Off Turkey as Price Cap on Russian Crude Kicks In

Dec 5 (Reuters) – Oil tankers formed a traffic jam off the coast of Turkey on day one of the West’s price cap on Russian crude, with

December 5, 2022
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Russia’s European Crude Sales Collapse 

By Julian Lee (Bloomberg) — Russia’s crude oil shipments to Europe are shrinking fast. A European Union ban on seaborne imports from the country is

December 5, 2022
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Russian Oil Sanctions Fuel Boom for Old Tankers

By Julia Payne and Jonathan Saul LONDON, Dec 5 (Reuters) – The market for old oil tankers is booming, and it’s all down to efforts by

December 5, 2022
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Monday, November 28, 2022
Russian Oil Tankers. REUTERS/Tatiana Meel/File Photo
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Russia Oil Turmoil Seen Driving Tanker Market Higher

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Nov 28 (Reuters) – Tough new sanctions on Russian oil shipments taking effect from December are likely to boost

November 28, 2022
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Saturday, November 26, 2022
Oil Freight Boom Makes $1 Million Waiting Bills More Common
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Oil Freight Boom Makes $1 Million Waiting Bills More Common

By Alex Longley and Sherry Su (Bloomberg) –With soaring shipping costs comes soaring bills for ships doing nothing. In the oil-tanker market, day rates

November 26, 2022
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Wednesday, November 23, 2022
Laden crude oil tanker approaches the port of Qingdao, China in the morning fog. Photo credit: Shutterstock/Igor Grochev
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Russia’s Tanker Fleet Too Small to Bypass Oil Price Cap

By Noah Browning and Julia Payne LONDON, Nov 23 (Reuters) – Russia’s oil tanker fleet is too small to fully circumvent a plan by the

November 23, 2022
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Tuesday, November 22, 2022
U.S. Navy Confirms Iranian Drone Struck Tanker in Middle East
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U.S. Navy Confirms Iranian Drone Struck Tanker in Middle East

A U.S. Navy analysis has confirmed that an Iranian drone was behind the November 15 attack on a Liberian-flagged commercial tanker transiting international

November 22, 2022
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Soaring Tanker Rates Pile Pressure on Crude Markets

By Sherry Su, Sharon Cho, Bill Lehane and Lucia Kassai (Bloomberg) — Soaring shipping costs are piling pressure onto physical oil markets that are

November 22, 2022
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Monday, November 21, 2022
Oil Tanker Bridge
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Russia’s War Rewires Global Crude Trade

By Elina Ganatra (Bloomberg) — Oil tanker tycoons are enjoying a surge in revenue as the sanctions triggered by Russia’s war are redrawing the global

November 21, 2022
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Friday, November 18, 2022
Britain Says Drone Circles Ship in Gulf of Oman
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Britain Says Drone Circles Ship in Gulf of Oman

DUBAI, Nov 18 (Reuters) – Britain’s maritime agency said a drone circled a ship in the Gulf of Oman on Friday, three days after an Iranian-made

November 18, 2022
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Thursday, November 17, 2022
Oil tanker British Heritage sails in the Bosphorus, on its way to the Black Sea, in Istanbul
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Turkey Adds Teeth to Russia Sanctions With Tanker-Insurance Rule

By Alex Longley, Ugur Yilmaz and Ercan Ersoy (Bloomberg) — Turkey warned the world’s oil shippers they will need to prove they’re insured to cross

November 17, 2022
Total Views: 3352

Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Eastern Pacific Shipping Tanker Hit By ‘Projectile’ Off Oman
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Eastern Pacific Shipping Tanker Hit By ‘Projectile’ Off Oman

By Maha El Dahan DUBAI, Nov 16 (Reuters) – A tanker was hit off the coast of Oman on Tuesday, sustaining minor damage to the hull with no injuries or

November 16, 2022
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Monday, November 14, 2022
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Russia Fuel Exports by Sea Surge Ahead of EU Sanctions

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — Russia’s seaborne fuel exports have risen to the highest since at least 2017 this month as the nation’s refiners

November 14, 2022
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Thursday, November 10, 2022
tanker at sea
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Russian Oil Cap Uncertainty Sparks Fears of Ships Stranded at Sea

By Jonathan Saul, Noah Browning and Jan Strupczewski LONDON/BRUSSELS, Nov 10 (Reuters) – Oil-laden tankers risk being left languishing at sea

November 10, 2022
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Tuesday, November 8, 2022
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Listed Tanker Owners Spreading the Wealth Around

By Barry Parker (gCaptain) – Tanker companies reporting their Q3 2022 results are enjoying vast amounts of wealth and, importantly, they are sharing

November 8, 2022
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