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AD Ports Group Announces Purchase of Vessels Following Strategic Agreements
AD Ports Group (ADX: ADPORTS), the leading facilitator of global trade, logistics and industry, has announced plans to expand its fleet with the purchase of five bulk carriers and three crude oil tankers. These vessel acquisitions will follow the …
May 2, 2023 / Curious
Høglund Fuel Gas Supply & Control System Successfully Delivered to GSI
Following the successful delivery of the first vessel, Proteus Bohemia, at the end of 2022, sister vessel Proteus Elsie is now also in operation. Proteus Elsie, the second in a series of 4 LR II 119,900 DWT LNG-fuelled crude oil tankers with Høglund …
Apr 6, 2023 / Vessels
NYK Group Company Obtains DNV Certification for Online Cargo-Handling Training for LNG Carriers and Oil Tankers
Cargo-handling simulator training for LNG carriers and oil tankers conducted by NYK SHIPMANAGEMENT PTE LTD (NYKSM; headquarters: Singapore) in an online environment has been certified by DNV, a ship classification association based in Norway. This is …
May 19, 2021 / Curious
Samsung Heavy bags US$415Mln order for the construction of 4 LNG-fueled oil tankers
Samsung Heavy Industries Co. said Thursday it has clinched a 459 billion-won (US$415 million) deal to build four liquefied natural gas (LNG) fueled oil tankers. Caption: An oil tanker built by the shipbuilder - Image courtesy of Samsung Heavy …
Feb 18, 2021 / Curious
Samsung Heavy Industries receives order to build two ice-class tankers
South Korean shipbuilding giant Samsung Heavy Industries Co (SHI) has won a 187.5 billion-won (US$158 million) order to build a two ice-class oil tankers.According to a regulatory filing, under the deal with a European shipper, Samsung Heavy will …
Dec 2, 2019 / Vessels
COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry Wins Tanker Duo Order
China’s COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry has signed an agreement for the construction of two 49,900 dwt crude oil tankers.Under the deal, agreed with compatriot COSCO Shipping Energy Transportation, the Dalian shipyard would build and deliver the units …
Oct 7, 2019 / Vessels
Why is China hiding its oil tankers from US trackers?
In early June, a Chinese-owned supertanker abruptly went dark in the Indian Ocean, the tracking system signalling its course apparently deactivated.It was not the first ship to vanish from the monitors. The deactivation of transponders that generate …
Aug 30, 2019 / Curious
Shell Charters Fleet of Lower-Carbon Oil Tankers
Shell has agreed to charter a fleet of new liquefied natural gas-fuelled crude oil and products tankers, as part of its drive to decarbonize shipping.Shell Tankers (Singapore) Private Ltd has agreed a long-term deal to charter a fleet of 10 LNG …
Aug 20, 2019 / Vessels