Oil Tankers

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

Thursday, July 17, 2014
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News

Vafias Optimistic that “Good Times are Ahead”

StealthGas announced today four new additions to their newbuilding program consisting of two Korean-built 22,000 cbm semi-refrigerated LPG carriers and two

July 17, 2014
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News

Corpus Christi Liquefaction Signs LNG Supply Deal with Électricité de France

Cheniere Energy subsidiary Corpus Christi Liquefaction, LLC announced the signing today of a 20-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) sale and purchase agreement

July 17, 2014
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Saudi Crude Exports in May Fell to Lowest Since 2011

Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest oil exporter, shipped the least crude in almost three years in May as domestic refineries processed record amounts and

July 17, 2014
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Shipbuilding

Samsung Heavy Industries Wins Major LNG Carrier Order

Samsung Heavy Industries announced today in an exchange filing the winning of a 6-ship LNG carrier newbuild order for a total consideration of KRW 740.7

July 17, 2014
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Wednesday, July 16, 2014
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U.S. Ban on Oil Exports Won’t Be Lifted This Year, Lawmaker Says

By Lynn Doan July 16 (Bloomberg) — A four-decade-old ban on crude exports from the U.S. will survive another year, the chairman of the U.S. House’s

July 16, 2014
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Tuesday, July 15, 2014
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News

Windsor Petroleum Files for Ch. 11 Protection

Windsor Petroleum Transport Corp (WPT), a Bermuda-based company that falls underneath International Tankers Corp and is 82.5 percent owned by Frontline Tankers

July 15, 2014
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U.S. Condensate Producers Seen Jumping on Export Bandwagon

Enterprise Products Partners LP and Pioneer Natural Resources Co., two of the first fuel suppliers to win approval to send U.S. condensates abroad, may be

July 15, 2014
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Monday, July 14, 2014
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NITC Still Faces Sanctions After EU Blacklisting Annulled

Iran's main oil tanker firm NITC will struggle for some time to call at European ports, get foreign insurance and overcome obstacles under western sanctions,

July 14, 2014
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Thursday, July 10, 2014
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Shale Seen Shifting Flows at America’s Biggest Oil Port

With U.S. domestic production at a 28-year high, the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port's managers are thinking the previously unthinkable: sending North American oil

July 10, 2014
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Maersk Flips Four More to Euronav While Exiting Crude Sector

Frustrated with unprofitability, Maersk Tankers announced today they are buying their six remaining bareboat chartered crude tankers and immediately

July 10, 2014
Total Views: 73

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Shale Seen Shifting Flows at America’s Biggest Oil Port

For more than 30 years, the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port LLC has been a symbol of U.S. dependence on foreign oil, pumping Nigerian and Saudi Arabian crude from

July 10, 2014
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Tuesday, July 8, 2014
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More VLCCs for Euronav

Belgian tanker owner Euronav has continued its fleet expansion today with a USD $342 million order for four VLCCs. The Japanese-built ships average 3-years of

July 8, 2014
Total Views: 139

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Brasil Voyager Sails to Pascagoula With First Cargo from Papa-Terra

The first 740,000 barrel cargo of heavy crude oil from the Papa-Terra FPSO, Chevron’s largest investment offshore Brazil, was successfully offloaded

July 8, 2014
Total Views: 168

Monday, July 7, 2014
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Shipping News

Tanker Crewman Goes Missing

U.S. Coast Guard crews launched a search Sunday for a tanker crewman reported missing off Port Aransas near Corpus Christi,

July 7, 2014
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Major LNG Carrier Order Placed With Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding

China’s Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group has won a newbuild order for four 174,000 cubic meter LNG carriers from  a consortium consisting of BW Gas,

July 7, 2014
Total Views: 81

Thursday, July 3, 2014
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EDP to Sign LNG Import Deal as El Salvador Seeks to Cut Oil Use

By Isis Almeida July 3 (Bloomberg) — Energia del Pacifico SA, the winner of a tender to build a power plant in El Salvador, plans to sign this month

July 3, 2014
Total Views: 115

Wednesday, July 2, 2014
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Euronav Accepts Delivery of 8 Maersk VLCCs

Since Euronav’s announcement on 5 January 2014 of their acquisition of 15 Maersk Tankers’ VLCCs, the company notes that 8 ships have so far been

July 2, 2014
Total Views: 131

Tuesday, July 1, 2014
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U.S. Shale to Drive LPG Ship Market, Latsco Shipping Says

By Paul Tugwell July 1 (Bloomberg) — Increased U.S. exports of liquefied petroleum gas amid higher shale oil production will boost demand for ships that

July 1, 2014
Total Views: 112

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Hyundai Mipo Wins Major Tanker Order from Alterna Capital

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) announced today the winning of a six-ship petrochemical tanker newbuild order worth KRW 187,500,000,000 (USD $185 million). The

July 1, 2014
Total Views: 72

US Oil Tankers Built on Spec Face Choppy Waters as Export Ban Eases
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US Oil Tankers Built on Spec Face Choppy Waters as Export Ban Eases

By Anna Louie Sussman NEW YORK, July 1 – U.S. ship builders are making a $500 million bet on robust domestic demand for crude oil from newly-tapped shale

July 1, 2014
Total Views: 71