
Hijacked tanker found: Crew safe
A Singapore-registered tanker boarded by unidentified persons on April 10 and missing since then has been found, with the crew all safe. The hijacked tanker, the 6,135 dwt products tanker Fortune 9,
A Singapore-registered tanker boarded by unidentified persons on April 10 and missing since then has been found, with the crew all safe. The hijacked tanker, the 6,135 dwt products tanker Fortune 9,
Tampa, Fla., headquartered Overseas Shipholding Group (NYSE: OSG) has been awarded operating agreements under the Tanker Security Program (TSP), administered by the Maritime Administration. The three are OSG’s medium range tankers Overseas
Vitol’s Singapore bunkering company, V-Bunkers, is to take delivery of its first electric-hybrid bunker tanker, Marine Charge. Classed by Bureau Veritas (BV), the vessel features advanced energy storage and charging technologies that
Piraeus, Greece, headquartered Capital Ship Management Corp. has taken delivery of a “future-proof” tanker, that looks to be “ready,” in class society terms, for almost anything. Built by Hyundai Vietnam Shipyard Co
Singapore-based Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) reports that it has completed the successful installation of Value Maritime’s (VM) Filtree system onboard its managed vessel M/T Pacific Cobalt in Rotterdam. The Filtree system, which
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued its report on the December 23, 2021, incident in which the 750 dwt Belize-flagged product tanker Tropic Breeze, was struck by the 2018-built super
St. Catharines, Ontario, based Algoma Central Corporation (TSX: ALC), today announced that it has acquired two 18,894 dwt product tankers to join the Algoma Product Tankers fleet. Built in 2007, the sister
Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (NYSE: OSG) has exercised options to extend its bareboat charter agreements with Oslo-listed AMSC ASA for six Jones Act tankers. The six bareboat charter extensions provide for additional
Methanol, whether green or not, continues to make inroads as a marine fuel. Now Waterfront Shipping, a subsidiary of Methanex, the world’s largest producer and supplier of methanol, has entered into a
Central Command has now released details and imagery substantiating its findings that an Iranian drone was the “projectile” that struck a product tanker managed by Idan Ofer’s Eastern Pacific Shipping on November