Oil Tankers

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

Tuesday, April 17, 2018
tankers collide off Singapore
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Butane Leaks After Very Large Gas Carrier and Tanker Collide Singapore -AIS Replay

By Roslan Khasawneh and Seng Li Peng SINGAPORE, April 17 (Reuters) – Singapore’s Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) said it is investigating a

April 17, 2018
Total Views: 251

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Crowley Completes Acquisition of SeaRiver Tankers

Crowley Alaska Tankers, a division of Jacksonville-based Crowley Maritime Corp, has announced that it has completed the acquisition of three tankers from

April 17, 2018
Total Views: 198

Sunday, April 15, 2018
What’s the best color to paint a ship? The answer might surprise you!
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What’s the best color to paint a ship? The answer might surprise you!

In his well reviewed 2007 book The Tankship Tromedy, Former MIT Naval Architecture professor and ship owner Jack Devanney has strong opinions on the best color

April 15, 2018
Total Views: 1917

Saturday, April 7, 2018
ARA Gasoline Stocks
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Europe’s Growing Fleet Of Floating Gasoline

by Libby George, Ahmad Ghaddar (Reuters) – Gasoline stored in ships off Europe’s coast has ballooned to more than 400,000 tonnes, putting pressure on

April 7, 2018
Total Views: 61

Thursday, March 29, 2018
tanker loading
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Firms Complain of Contaminated Crude from U.S. Strategic Reserve

By Catherine Ngai NEW YORK, March 29 (Reuters) – Three firms that bought crude oil last year from U.S. emergency stockpiles raised concerns about

March 29, 2018
Total Views: 151

Friday, March 23, 2018
Iranian crude oil supertanker "Delvar" is seen anchored off Singapore. REUTERS/Tim Chong
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What’s at Stake for Oil as Trump Appoints Another Iran Hawk?

By Grant Smith and Anthony DiPaola (Bloomberg) — When former United Nations ambassador John Bolton becomes U.S. national security adviser next month, he

March 23, 2018
Total Views: 25

Chemical tanker, Oil tanker. Photo: By Matej Kastelic / Shutterstock
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Chemical Companies Fear Toxic Consequences of Brexit

By Kate Holton KNUTSFORD, England, March 23 (Reuters) – Julian Sarkar has spent more than 10 years and around 600,000 euros ($740,000) making his small

March 23, 2018
Total Views: 29

Thursday, March 15, 2018
Libya Seizes Greek Tanker Suspected of Fuel Smuggling and Arrests Crew
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Libya Seizes Greek Tanker Suspected of Fuel Smuggling and Arrests Crew

By Ahmed Elumami TRIPOLI, March 15 (Reuters) – Libya’s naval forces seized a Togo-flagged fuel tanker and arrested its Greek crew on suspicion they

March 15, 2018
Total Views: 92

Friday, March 2, 2018
nave Pyxis
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Oil Traders Make Sea Odyssey as Gasoline Criss-Crosses Globe

By Ann Koh, Serene Cheong and Laura Blewitt (Bloomberg) — Over the course of March, the oil tanker Nave Pyxis will slice through the Pacific Ocean as it

March 2, 2018
Total Views: 55

Wednesday, February 21, 2018
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Russian Oil Product Exports from Black Sea Port ‘Collapse’ Due to Managerial Conflict -Transneft

LONDON/MOSCOW, Feb 21 (Reuters) – Shipments of oil products from a Russian Black Sea port, hit by a managerial conflict, have “collapsed”,

February 21, 2018
Total Views: 79

Friday, February 9, 2018
ships at anchor
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How Soaring US Oil Exports to China are Transforming the Global Oil Game

By Henning Gloystein SINGAPORE, Feb 9 (Reuters) – Bit by bit, the U.S. petroleum industry is turning world oil markets inside out. First, sharp drops in

February 9, 2018
Total Views: 66

Wednesday, February 7, 2018
Nigeria’s Thirst for Gasoline Draws Rare Suezmax Cargo to West Africa
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Nigeria’s Thirst for Gasoline Draws Rare Suezmax Cargo to West Africa

By Libby George and Ahmad Ghaddar LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) – Nigeria’s push to keep its citizens stocked with fuel is drawing close to a

February 7, 2018
Total Views: 55

Monday, January 22, 2018
The Philadelphia Energy Solutions oil refinery owned by The Carlyle Group is seen at sunset in Philadelphia. Photo REUTERS/David M. Parrott
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Biggest U.S. East Coast Oil Refinery Files for Bankruptcy

By Barbara Powell and Tiffany Kary (Bloomberg) — Philadelphia Energy Solutions LLC, owner of an oil refinery that supplies more than a quarter

January 22, 2018
Total Views: 59

Monday, January 15, 2018
tanker loading
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Oil Propelled Past $70 for First Time in Three Years

By Robert Tuttle (Bloomberg) — Oil reached new highs in London as OPEC members called for output curbs to continue, allaying concerns that the recent

January 15, 2018
Total Views: 39

Wednesday, January 10, 2018
oil tanker
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Saudi-Led Coalition Says it Thwarted an Attack on Oil Tanker Off Yemen

RIYADH, Jan 10 (Reuters) – The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said on Wednesday it had thwarted an attack on a Saudi oil tanker over the weekend

January 10, 2018
Total Views: 28

Tuesday, January 9, 2018
VLCC very large crude carrier oil tanker
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Supertanker Earnings Fall Victim to OPEC Oil Cuts

By Firat Kayakiran (Bloomberg) — OPEC’s strategy to end a worldwide crude glut is causing havoc for a vital link in the oil industry’s supply chain:

January 9, 2018
Total Views: 41

Wednesday, January 3, 2018
Tanker new york harbor
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Winter Storm Challenges U.S. East Coast Energy Complex

By Jarrett Renshaw NEW YORK, Jan 3 (Reuters) – The U.S. energy industry is facing a massive test of its infrastructure as an intense winter storm roars

January 3, 2018
Total Views: 21

Tuesday, January 2, 2018
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Icy Rivers Slow New York Barges Trying to Deliver Heating Fuel

By Laura Blewitt (Bloomberg) — Shivering New Yorkers may have to pay more to get warm as ice in the Hudson River delayed fuel-barge deliveries and the

January 2, 2018
Total Views: 70

Friday, December 22, 2017
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Euronav, Gener8 Maritime Merger to Create World’s Leading Independent Tanker Company

Belgian tanker company Euronav (NYSE:EURN, Euronext:EURN) and its New York-based rival Gener8 Maritime (NYSE:GNRT) have agreed to merge, thus creating the

December 22, 2017
Total Views: 121

Thursday, December 7, 2017
tanker ship new york
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The Diesel That Traveled 19,000 Miles to New York From China

By Laura Blewitt and Sherry Su (Bloomberg) — There are few better examples of how weird and wonderful oil shipping and trading can be: diesel that left

December 7, 2017
Total Views: 52