Blount Boats launches tanker for APT
AUGUST 5, 2015—At a ceremony yesterday on a bright sunny day at its Warren, RI, shipyard, Blount Boats, Inc., launched the Chandra B, a new mini-tanker for American Petroleum & Transport, Inc.,
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Spain’s Navantia to build four Suezmax tankers
JULY 31, 2015 — For the first time in some 20 years, Spain is getting back into the business of building large tankers — and it is taking a leaf from the
Frederiksen puts Frontline together again
JULY 2, 2015 — Billionaire John Fredriksen is putting his two tanker operations, Frontline Ltd. (NYSE/OSE/LSE: FRO) and Frontline 2012 Ltd. (NOTC: FRNT) back together again. The move comes four years after
VHF recordings leaked following cruise ship collision
JUNE 29, 2015 — Though one passenger reportedly said the experience was “like being on the Titanic,” video shows that a collision between the elderly cruise ship Celestyal Crystal and a 38,734
NASSCO cuts steel for second LNG ready SEA-Vista tanker
JUNE 25, 2015 — General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), today signaled the start of construction for the second of three 50,000 deadweight ton, 330,000 barrel
Second indictment for DFDS Shipping
JUNE 12, 2015 — Following an indictment in Mobile, AL, last month for related conduct (see earlier story), Det Stavangerske Dampskibsselskab AS (DSD Shipping) and four employees are now under three-count indictment
d’Amico orders two more LR1 eco tankers
JUNE 9, 2015 — Luxembourg headquartered d’Amico International Shipping S.A. (DIS) reports that operating subsidiary d’Amico Tankers Limited, Ireland, is ordering two new Long Range (LR1 – 75,000 dwt) modern product tanker
OSG asks lenders to loosen leash
MAY 28, 2015 — Tanker operator Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (OSG) (NYSE MKT:OSGB) has been asking its lenders to loosen its leash a little and give it more flexibility. Among other things,
NASSCO cuts steel for fourth Kinder Morgan ECO tanker
MAY 12, 2015 — General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard, San Diego, CA, began construction of a fourth ECO tanker for Kinder Morgan subsidiary American Petroleum Tankers May 8, when U.S. Rep. Susan Davis
May Ship Repair starts construction of mini tanker
APRIL 22, 2015—May Ship Repair Contracting Corporation, Staten Island, NY, has started the construction of a new double hull 82 ft x 32 ft mini tanker that would be used for bunkering