SEPTEMBER 1, 2015 — Lloyd’s Register has issued a statutory alert to owners and managers of oil tankers, chemical tankers and gas carriers on new requirements for stability instruments on tankers The
AUGUST 20, 2015 – CIT Group Inc. (NYSE:CIT) reports that CIT Maritime Finance provided a $61 million senior secured credit facility to Advantage Tankers, LLC to support the acquisition of two Suezmax
JULY 24, 2015 — Nigeria’s state oil company, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on July 15 listed 113 tankers prohibited, with immediate effect, from “engaging in crude oil/gas … activities in any…
MARCH 16, 2015 — The Damen Yichang Shipyard in China, a joint venture between Damen Shipyards Group and Sinotrans CSC, is to offer a broader portfolio of vessels, adding other hi-tech vessels
DECEMBER 17, 2014 — Scorpio Bulkers Inc. (NYSE: SALT) reports that it has reached agreements with shipyards in South Korea and Romania to modify six newbuilding contracts for Capesize bulk carriers into
OCTOBER 27, 2014 — Stolt-Nielsen Limited (Oslo Bors: SNI) is to relocate its tankers’ staff in Norwalk, CT to Houston, TX. The move will consolidate the company’s U.S.-based staff in Houston, which
AUGUST 13, 2014 — Coast Guard Sector New Orleans is investigating a multiple vessel collision on the Mississippi River, near the Gretna ferry landing, early Wednesday. Watchstanders received a report, late Tuesday
JULY 11, 2014 — Aker Philadelphia Shipyard and newly-established Philly Tankers have now, through their subsidiaries, entered into firm contracts for two eco-design product tanker newbuilds and options for two additional vessels
MAY 14, 2014 — DNV GL has conducted a risk assessment “hazard identification study (HAZID)” on a series of three 50,000 dwt methanol-fueled tankers that are building in Japan for charter to
JANUARY 31, 20014 — DHT Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: DHT) says that it has entered into a letter of intent (LOI) with Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. for the construction of