Oil Tankers

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

Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Laden crude oil tanker approaches the port of Qingdao, China in the morning fog. Photo credit: Shutterstock/Igor Grochev
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India Launches $10 Billion Tanker Fleet Plan to Boost Energy Security and Shipbuilding

India plans to spend 850 billion rupees ($10 billion) to purchase 112 crude carriers through 2040, people familiar with the matter said, as the world’s

May 20, 2025
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Monday, April 28, 2025
The Kozmino oil port in eastern Russia
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Greek Shippers Return to Russian Oil Market as Prices Slip Below G7 Cap

Greek shipowners are returning to Russia's Urals oil market as the price slides below the Western price cap of $60 per barrel, allowing them to provide

April 28, 2025
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Monday, April 21, 2025
dorian lpg tanker
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Sino-US Trade War Redrawing Global LPG Trading, Outlook

The global liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) market is facing an upheaval as high tariffs on U.S. imports force Chinese buyers to swap American cargoes for

April 21, 2025
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Friday, April 11, 2025
Germany secures oil tanker adrift off its Baltic coast.Handout via REUTERS
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Estonian Navy Detains Russia-Bound Oil Tanker in Baltic Sea

The Estonian navy detained and boarded a Russia-bound oil tanker on an EU sanctions list on Friday, accusing it of sailing illegally without a valid

April 11, 2025
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Friday, April 4, 2025
Oil tanker on the horizon at sunset
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Tankers International: VLCC Market Faces a Mirage of Growth as Ageing Fleet Drags Down Supply

VLCC specialist Tankers International is projecting effective vessel supply growth of only 1% in the next three years due to the declining usable capacity of a

April 4, 2025
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Friday, March 14, 2025
Laden crude oil tanker approaches the port of Qingdao, China in the morning fog. Photo credit: Shutterstock/Igor Grochev
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Russian Oil Delivery Takes Seven Times Longer After Sanctions

The delivery of a two-million-barrel cargo of Russian oil to China took seven times longer than it would have done prior to a round of US sanctions imposed on

March 14, 2025
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Friday, March 7, 2025
Russian Oil Tankers. REUTERS/Tatiana Meel/File Photo
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Mystery Mines: State Actor Likely Targeting Tankers Calling at Russian Oil Ports, Ambrey Warns

A state actor has been systematically targeting merchant vessels calling at Russian oil export facilities with naval mines since December 2024, according to a

March 7, 2025
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Thursday, March 6, 2025
U.S. Mulling Plan to Intercept Iranian Tankers at Sea as Exports Surge
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U.S. Mulling Plan to Intercept Iranian Tankers at Sea as Exports Surge

President Donald Trump's administration is considering a plan to stop and inspect Iranian oil tankers at sea under an international accord aimed at countering

March 6, 2025
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Wednesday, March 5, 2025
A drone view of three berths able to load vessels with oil is seen after their construction at Westridge Marine Terminal, the terminus of the Canadian government-owned Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, April 26, 2024. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
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Tankers: Canada’s Crude Exports Surge as US Implements New Tariffs

Canadian crude tanker exports have skyrocketed by 59% year-to-date, reaching 618 thousand barrels per day (kbpd), up from 388 kbpd during the same period last

March 5, 2025
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Tuesday, March 4, 2025
tanker underway at sea from the bridge
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Tankers: OPEC+ to Proceed with Planned April Oil Output Hike

 OPEC+ has decided to proceed with a planned April oil output increase, the group said on Monday, a move that follows U.S. President Donald Trump renewing

March 4, 2025
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Stock photo of an oil tanker moored at sea
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Russia Flagship Oil Freight Soars After Biden Farewell Sanctions

The premium shipowners are charging to haul Russia’s flagship oil is soaring as farewell sanctions imposed by the outgoing Biden administration continue to

March 4, 2025
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Friday, February 28, 2025
First Sanctioned Ship Gets Scrapped in Watershed for Dark Fleet
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First Sanctioned Ship Gets Scrapped in Watershed for Dark Fleet

An aging oil tanker sanctioned by the US is being taken apart in an Indian scrapyard, a potential watershed moment for the so-called dark fleet in a rapidly

February 28, 2025
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Thursday, February 27, 2025
File photo of an oil tanker at sea
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Oil Tankers Calling in Russia Get Mine Checks After Mystery Blasts

Owners of oil tankers calling at Russian ports are sending divers and underwater drones to check their ships’ hulls for mines — a precaution following a

February 27, 2025
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Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Indonesia seizes Iranian flagged tanker suspected of illegal oil transshipment in Indonesia's North Natuna Sea. Picture released July 11, 2023. Indonesia's Maritime Security Agency (Bakamla) / Handout via REUTERS
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Iran Oil Flows Seen Curbed by Rush for Unsanctioned Tankers

Iranian oil sellers risk facing significant hurdles moving their cargoes out of the country as competition for unsanctioned tankers from Russia and Venezuela

February 25, 2025
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Monday, February 24, 2025
Marshall Islands-flagged crude oil tanker Seacharm transits the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey,
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Limpet Mines Eyed as Likely Cause of Blasts on Two Tankers in Mediterranean Sea

Mines attached to the hulls of ships and set off with timers likely caused blasts that have damaged two crude oil tankers in the Mediterranean Sea since

February 24, 2025
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Friday, February 21, 2025
Image appears to show the Russian cargo ship Ursa Major listing heavily to port
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Russia Orders Diver Inspections at Ports After Tanker Blasts

Russian authorities are tightening measures at ports, including employing divers to inspect the underside of vessels, in response to rising threats to

February 21, 2025
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Thursday, February 20, 2025
Russian Oil Tankers. REUTERS/Tatiana Meel/File Photo
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Oil Tankers Rocked by Mystery Blasts After Trips to Russia

At least four oil tankers have been hit with explosions so far this year — all of them having visited Russia’s territorial waters in the weeks prior to the

February 20, 2025
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Italy Prosecutors Open Terrorism Probe Into Oil Tanker Explosion
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Italy Prosecutors Open Terrorism Probe Into Oil Tanker Explosion

Italian prosecutors have opened a terrorism investigation over an explosion last weekend that damaged an oil tanker anchored off the coast of northern Italy,

February 20, 2025
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Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Image appears to show the Russian cargo ship Ursa Major listing heavily to port
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Mystery Blasts Rock Mediterranean Tankers

Three oil tankers have been damaged by blasts in the last month in separate incidents around the Mediterranean, with the causes unknown, shipping and security

February 19, 2025
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Friday, February 14, 2025
lng ship
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India to Boost Oil and Gas Imports From U.S. to Avoid Trump Tariffs

India has agreed to boost oil and gas imports from the US in an effort to reduce the trade imbalance between the two countries and avoid retaliatory

February 14, 2025
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