Singapore-based AET took delivery of a new Suezmax DP2 shuttle tanker from Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) on Friday, May 22. The DNV GL-classed Eagle Petrolina is the ..
Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS) cut the first steel for a new very large crude carrier (VLCC) on Tuesday, May 19. The vessel will be the second in a series that ..
Crewmembers and security personnel embarked on a commercial tanker were able to successfully prevent pirates from boarding their vessel off the coast of Yemen on Sunday, ..
SFL Corporation has entered into an agreement to acquire a 308,000DWT very large crude carrier (VLCC) newbuilding in combination with a seven-year bareboat charter. The ..
Japanese companies Asahi Tanker, Idemitsu Kosan, Exeno Yamamizu Corporation, Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), Tokio Marine and Nichido Fire Insurance, Tokyo Electric Power ..
Japan’s first LNG bunkering vessel has been successfully launched at the Sakaide Works facilities of Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI). The vessel is scheduled to be ..
France LNG Shipping, a joint venture between Geogas and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK), has taken delivery of a new gas carrier from Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries. ..
Shell and Carnival Corporation recently completed the first ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation to be carried out in France. During the overnight operation, Coral ..
Dutch shipbuilder Ferus Smit has been awarded a contract for the construction of a second 4,250DWT product tanker for local owner Thun Tankers. The vessel will be built ..
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