Oil Tankers

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

Friday, May 22, 2015
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Shipping News

Looking Back at a Real Supertanker, the ULCC Chevron South America

The largest Ultra Large Crude Carrier (ULCC) ever to visit Singapore, the Chevron South America, sits in Jurong Shipyard in Singapore in this July 23, 1996

May 22, 2015
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Monday, May 18, 2015
News

Singapore Condemns Tanker Shooting Incident Off Iran

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has expressed “deep concern” with the alleged shooting incident involving the Singapore-flagged

May 18, 2015
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Wednesday, May 13, 2015
News

Tanker Owner TORM Posts First Profit in Five Years

Danish product tanker owner TORM has posted its first quarterly net profit in five years helped by lower oil prices and higher refinery margins. In the first

May 13, 2015
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News

Transpacific Jet Fuel Shipments Set to Increase – Traders

Asian jet fuel shipments to the United States West Coast region could pick up this month as a prolonged cut in throughput at a California refinery is drawing

May 13, 2015
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Yemen Risk Could Strangle Vital Shipping Lanes
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Yemen Risk Could Strangle Vital Shipping Lanes

With Middle East giants Saudi Arabia and Iran squaring up on opposing sides in the Yemen war, the dangers to vital oil tanker and goods voyages are growing

May 13, 2015
Total Views: 39

Friday, May 8, 2015
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News

Saudis Splurging in Asia to Win Loyal Oil Customers for Decades

Saudi Arabia is spending generously now on Asian refiners to lock in its position as the region’s biggest supplier of oil for decades to

May 8, 2015
Total Views: 66

LNG Carriers Circle Off Australia’s North West Shelf Due to Power Outage
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LNG Carriers Circle Off Australia’s North West Shelf Due to Power Outage

A loss of power supply since May 5 has hurt production of liquefied natural gas (LNG) at Australia's North West Shelf export plant, a spokesperson for operator

May 8, 2015
Total Views: 130

Wednesday, May 6, 2015
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News

U.S. Seen Joining Biggest Oil Exporters If Ban Is Lifted

The U.S. will become one of the world’s largest oil exporters if domestic production continues to surge and policy makers lift a four-decade ban that keeps

May 6, 2015
Total Views: 42

Tuesday, May 5, 2015
OSG Planning $100 Million NYSE Return – Reports
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OSG Planning $100 Million NYSE Return – Reports

Overseas Shipholding Group, one of the world’s largest tanker operators, is planning a return to the New York Stock Exchange less than a year after

May 5, 2015
Total Views: 91

Tuesday, April 28, 2015
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News

Oman to Operate Floating Crude Oil Storage Vessel

Oman Tank Terminal Company (OTTCO) plans to start operating a floating storage unit later this year to ease trade of crude oil futures on the Dubai Mercantile

April 28, 2015
Total Views: 134

Monday, April 27, 2015
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News

Orphaned Oil Rejected by U.S. Refiners is on the Move

One million barrels of oil. Enough to fill more than 60 Olympic-sized swimming pools. And there it sat in tanks outside San Francisco -- for three years --

April 27, 2015
Total Views: 52

Saturday, April 18, 2015
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News

Asia Tankers | VLCC Rates Could Climb on Possible Renewed Chartering

Rates for very large crude carriers (VLCCs) on key Asian routes are likely to hold steady or climb next week if charterers release their May fixture programme

April 18, 2015
Total Views: 56

Thursday, April 16, 2015
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News

Teekay Sees Continued Strength in the Tanker Market

Christian Waldegrave, Teekay’s Manager of Research believes the tanker market, at least in the short term, looks to stay strong due to low oil prices and

April 16, 2015
Total Views: 41

Friday, April 10, 2015
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News

BW LPG Orders New Gas Carriers

BW LPG Limited announced today new shipbuilding contracts have been signed with Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) for four Very Large Gas

April 10, 2015
Total Views: 113

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News

VLCC Rates Face Uncertain Direction as Owners and Charterers Battle Over Cargo

Rates for very large crude carriers (VLCCs) on key Asian routes face an uncertain week as owners seek to push for higher rates, while charterers could cap

April 10, 2015
Total Views: 55

Thursday, April 9, 2015
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News

Saudi Arabian Tanker Owner Doubles Quarterly Profit

Bahri, the maritime shipping arm of Saudi Aramco reports today net profits from their operations have increased by 104 percent from the corresponding quarter

April 9, 2015
Total Views: 38

Wednesday, April 8, 2015
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News

Bahri Signs Long Term Crude Oil Shipping Deal with South Korea

National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) has agreed with South Korea's S-Oil Corp to ship crude oil cargoes from the third quarter of this

April 8, 2015
Total Views: 89

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News

Team Tankers Appoints Morten Arntzen as Chairman

Two years after resigning from his role as President and CEO of Overseas Shipholding Group, Morten Arntzen is back in the spotlight with his recent appointment

April 8, 2015
Total Views: 126

Tuesday, April 7, 2015
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News

Bulk Carrier Privocean Breaks From Moorings, Hits Tug and Crude Oil Tanker on Mississippi

Approximately 420 gallons of crude oil spilled into the lower Mississippi River near Convent, Louisiana yesterday after the 751-foot bulk carrier Privocean

April 7, 2015
Total Views: 145

Sunday, April 5, 2015
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Incidents

Fuel Storage Tank Fire Near Brazil’s Santos Port Enters 4th Day

A fire at a fuel storage facility near Brazil's largest port Santos entered its fourth day on Sunday as 110 firefighters worked to stop the flames from

April 5, 2015
Total Views: 96