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Capital Ship Management Corp. Takes Delivery of MV Aitolos
Capital Ship Management Corp. took successful delivery on Jan 09 of the newbuilding vessel M/T Aitolos.The vessel is a 115,000 dwt, eco-type crude oil tanker, built by Daehan Shipbuilding Co., Ltd, S.Korea. It is the first of two sister ships to be …
Jan 14, 2020 / Vessels
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
Three crewmembers killed in flash fire & blast on Russian crude oil tanker Zaliv Amerika
A powerful blast aboard an oil tanker off the Russian coast killed three people on Saturday. The explosion popped the upper deck open like a stomped milk carton, sending sailors flying into the sea.The deadly incident affected the Zaliv Amerika, an …
Nov 4, 2019 / Accidents
US Coast Guard medevacs crude oil tanker crewmember 92 miles offshore Galveston
The Coast Guard medevaced a crewmember from the crude oil tanker Paramount Hanover approximately 92 miles offshore of Galveston, Texas, Saturday.Caption: Crude oil tanker Paramount Hanover - Image courtesy of Hans Otto Hansen Coast Guard Sector …
Oct 7, 2019 / Accidents
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
Fire on board tanker Dubai Harmony at the Sture terminal
At 1102 hours local time, Equinor's emergency response centre received reports of a fire in the engine room of the tanker Dubai Harmony. The ship is moored at the quayside at the Sture terminal in Øygarden municipality in Hordaland.Caption: Crude oil …
Sep 13, 2019 / Accidents
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
Released Iranian Oil Tanker Switches Direction, Heads for Turkey
The Iranian oil tanker that the U.S. sought to seize in Gibraltar has changed its heading to southern Turkey, raising concern that its cargo will end up in Syria.The Iranian-flagged Adrian Darya 1 switched its destination to the Turkish port city of …
Aug 26, 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
SCF marks the first year of operating LNG-fuelled oil tankers
Since taking delivery of the first of its ‘Green Funnel’ LNG-fuelled Aframax crude oil tankers a year ago, in July 2018, PAO Sovcomflot (SCF Group) has accumulated data showing that using LNG as a primary fuel for these large-capacity tankers enabled …
Jul 10, 2019 / Vessels