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Odfjell first to install suction sails on deep-sea chemical tanker
In partnership with bound4blue, a pioneering developer of wind-assisted propulsion technology, Odfjell will install the innovative eSAIL® system on a chemical tanker, making it the first tanker vessel in the world to harness this ground-breaking …
Aug 17, 2023 / Curious
ClassNK evaluates the first LNG dual-fueled chemical tanker in Japan
As part of the "Zero-Emission Accelerating Ship Finance Program" run by Development Bank of Japan Inc. (DBJ) and ClassNK, the Ship Classification Society evaluated the LNG dual-fueled chemical tanker, FAIRCHEM PIONEER (IMO No. 9965552). The vessel …
Apr 10, 2023 / Vessels
Stolt Tankers becomes the first chemical tanker company to apply Graphite Innovations & Technology’s graphene-based propeller coatings to its fleet
Stolt Tankers, a leading chemical tanker company, has entered into a two-year partnership with Graphite Innovations & Technology (GIT) to apply GIT's XGIT-PROP graphene-based marine coating to the propellers of 25 Stolt Tankers ships in 2023. …
Apr 7, 2023 / Curious
Latest Wärtsilä engine platform selected for four new Erik Thun tankers
Erik Thun, a Swedish fleet owner, has placed an order with technology group Wärtsilä for the engines of four new chemical tankers weighing 7999 dwt each, which will be built at the Ferus Smit shipyard located in the Netherlands. The vessels …
Apr 6, 2023 / Curious
Stolt Tankers acquires two tankers for Inter-Caribbean trade
Stolt Tankers has announced that it has increased its fleet with the acquisition of two modern 15,000 dwt stainless steel chemical tankers built in 2018 and 2019 respectively. The ships will be named the Stolt Condor and Stolt Tucan and join Stolt …
Mar 20, 2023 / Vessels
Advanced Polymer Coatings lands multiple Turkish tanker deals
USA-based Advanced Polymer Coatings (APC) is further reinforcing its position as the prime protective tank coating company in Turkey’s maritime sector with a series of high-profile deals. APC has sealed a raft of new contracts to apply its …
Jan 31, 2023 / Curious
Easterly’s Maritime Investment Company Acquires Four Additional Tankers
Easterly Asset Management’s (Easterly) Maritime Logistics Equity Partners (MLEP), formed in 2021 to acquire maritime shipping assets, announced today that it has acquired four additional vessels through MLEP’s second chemical tanker investment …
Jan 5, 2023 / Vessels
Gentco Logistics ordered two 25,900 dwt chemical tankers in Jinling
On November 25, Gentco Logistics and China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Yangzhou) Dingheng held a signing ceremony in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, for the establishment of a long-term in-depth partnership and the first two 25,900 dwt stainless steel …
Nov 28, 2022 / Curious
Stena and OljOla team up on a joint venture new building project
Stena Oil, Stena Teknik and OljOla are entering into a new joint venture agreement to secure an ongoing new building project for a 2000 DWT Oil- and Chemical Tanker in Turkey. Through the close cooperation between the named parties, Stena Oil and …
Nov 10, 2022 / Vessels
Advanced Polymer Coatings lands third recoating deal in one calendar year with Bernhard Schulte Ship Management
Advanced Polymer Coatings (APC) has landed its third deal of 2022 with Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) to recoat 15 cargo tanks on its 25,583 DWT chemical tanker, the Reinhold Schulte. The agreement follows similar deals struck earlier this …
Nov 9, 2022 / Curious