Oil Tankers

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

Monday, December 23, 2013
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News

Qatar to Boost Europe LNG Sales as Gas Trades at 7-Year High

Dec. 23 (Bloomberg) — Qatar is poised to boost contracted liquefied natural gas exports to Europe by the most in five years as prices in the region are

December 23, 2013
Total Views: 68

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News

Indonesia’s Pertamina Predicts 36 Fewer LNG Cargoes In 2014

Indonesian state-owned energy firm Pertamina will produce 17 percent less liquefied natural gas (LNG) in 2014, a company official

December 23, 2013
Total Views: 40

Friday, December 20, 2013
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News

Rates for Large Crude Carriers Could Inch Lower As Market Enters Holiday Mode

Dirty tanker rates on key Asian freight routes could edge down next week due to year-end holidays, but are likely to remain firm, ship brokers said on

December 20, 2013
Total Views: 125

Thursday, December 19, 2013
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Finance

OSG’s Tax Liability $199 Million Less Than Previously Thought

Beleaguered tanker company Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. (OSG), saw today its stock jumping 36%, amid very heavy trading. The stock closed at $6.05 per

December 19, 2013
Total Views: 49

Wednesday, December 18, 2013
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News

Navios Acquires 10 Ships from HSH Norbank Debtors, Additional Ships Possible

Navios Europe Inc. announced today they have acquired ten vessels from debtors of HSH Nordbank AG including five product tankers and five Panamax and

December 18, 2013
Total Views: 60

Tuesday, December 17, 2013
OSG Jones Act Tanker Secures Record-Breaking Charter
Interesting

OSG Jones Act Tanker Secures Record-Breaking Charter

A Jones Act tanker was recently chartered for six months at a record high rate of $110,000 per day, market sources said, the latest sign of how surging U.S.

December 17, 2013
Total Views: 84

Monday, December 16, 2013
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News

U.S. Trade Talks Could Deliver Cheaper Energy For Europe

By Barbara Lewis and Robin Emmott BRUSSELS, Dec 16 (Reuters) – European negotiators, hoping to cut fuel bills, will press their U.S. counterparts in

December 16, 2013
Total Views: 23

Sunday, December 15, 2013
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News

Reactivating the National Iranian Tanker Company Fleet, and Its Negative Impact

For the tanker market, the breakthrough in Iranian talks in November will have a significant impact on the VLCC tanker market. For curtailing its nuclear

December 15, 2013
Total Views: 162

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News

Libya’s Eastern Oil Ports Stay Shut, Constraining Crude Sales

Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) — A Libyan rebel leader refused to hand over control of three oil ports to the government, keeping a lid on the North African

December 15, 2013
Total Views: 37

Friday, December 13, 2013
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News

Shipping Industry at Start of Two-Year Rally Says Morgan Stanley

Dec. 13 (Bloomberg) — Shipping is at the start of a two-year rally, led by advancing rates to haul coal, iron ore and grains, as fleet growth slows and

December 13, 2013
Total Views: 60

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News

BP Shipping Places $573.4 Million Newbuild Order with Hyundai Mipo

In an exchange filing today, Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in South Korea announced  602.7 billion KRW ($573.4 million) order from BP Shipping for fourteen product

December 13, 2013
Total Views: 63

Thursday, December 12, 2013
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News

Tsakos Energy Navigation Partners With Statoil to Build Up to Nine Aframaxes

Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited (NYSE:TNP) has announced today strategic partnership with Statoil involving the construction and chartering of five to nine

December 12, 2013
Total Views: 104

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News

ExxonMobil: North American Shale to Exceed Most OPEC Nations’ Output in 2015

Oil production from North American shale fields will outpace every member of OPEC except Saudi Arabia within two years, according to ExxonMobil Corp., the

December 12, 2013
Total Views: 34

Wednesday, December 11, 2013
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News

U.S. Fuel Sales to Asia Poised for Record in Shale Boom

The biggest U.S. oil boom in almost a quarter century is prompting refiners in the Gulf of Mexico to book the most tankers since at least 2011 to ship products

December 11, 2013
Total Views: 32

Monday, December 9, 2013
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Engineering News

Wärtsilä to Power Half-Dozen Stolt Chemical Tankers

Wärtsilä has announced an order today from chemical tanker owner Stolt Tankers B.V. to supply the complete main propulsion systems for six new 38,000

December 9, 2013
Total Views: 108

Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Canada Panel Urges Better Response Plan for Oil Spills
News

Canada Panel Urges Better Response Plan for Oil Spills

Canada must be better prepared to respond to major oil spills if more crude starts to flow in pipelines to the country's Pacific Coast, a government panel said

December 4, 2013
Total Views: 22

Thursday, November 28, 2013
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Engineering News

Terntank Orders LNG-Powered Chemical Tankers

Swedish tanker owner Terntank has stepped forward and placed the first order ever for the new Wärtsilä 5RT-flex50DF dual fuel, low pressure, 2-stroke

November 28, 2013
Total Views: 84

Wednesday, November 27, 2013
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News

Crude Traders Skeptical Iran Deal Will Bolster Oil Supplies

Crude traders are skeptical that the accord loosening some economic sanctions against Iran in return for limiting nuclear work will lead to a surge in oil

November 27, 2013
Total Views: 40

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News

Frontline Looks to Restructure Amid Delayed Tanker Market Recovery

The global tanker market is still some time away from a full recovery and Frontline, the crude tanker arm of shipping tycoon John Fredriksen's business empire,

November 27, 2013
Total Views: 57

Tuesday, November 26, 2013
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News

Asian Oil Grab Drives Tanker Rates to 3 1/2-Year High

Record Asian oil demand is spurring the region’s refineries to charter the most supertankers in a year, driving shipping rates to the highest level

November 26, 2013
Total Views: 57