Tankers News
| Austria >> 3/14/2016 - Following a drop the previous month, average dirty tanker spot freight rates
declined further in February by 15% to stand at WS77 points. Lower rates were
seen in all reported dirty classes in Febru... |
| Austria >> 2/11/2016 - Freight rate for dirty tanker ship owners showed a continued increase in
January. On average, dirty tanker freight rates rose by 3% from the previous
month, influenced by higher freight rates achiev... |
| Austria >> 1/18/2016 - In December, dirty tanker spot freight rates were mixed, with VLCC rates
showing gains following a decline encountered the previous month, while other
vessels in the dirty class did not share this p... |
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Egypt >> 12/17/2015 - SUMED signed the first contract for utilization of SUMED Ain Sukhna Product Hub (ASPH) Jetty With Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) under the patronage of H.E. Eng. Tarek El Molla Egyptian M... |
| Austria >> 12/13/2015 - In November, tanker spot freight rates for both dirty and clean vessels varied. In
the dirty tanker market, spot freight rates for the VLCC class were lower than in
the previous month across all rep... |
| Austria >> 11/16/2015 - In October, tanker spot freight rates for dirty vessels showed a remarkable gain –
mainly in the VLCC sector – which drove the increase in the market and created a
spillover effect for other classes... |
| Austria >> 10/17/2015 - In general, improved sentiment was seen in September in the tanker market,
more obviously for larger vessels. Tanker freight rates registered an increase of
27% and 5%, for VLCC and Suezmax classes,... |
| Nigeria >> 10/9/2015 - Royal Dutch Shell has asked ship owners exporting its Nigerian oil to sign a "letter of comfort" (LoC) to guarantee it is not stolen, according to an email from the company seen by Reuters. ... |
| South Sudan >> 9/17/2015 - At least 85 people were killed in South Sudan when a crowd tried to gather fuel from an oil tanker that had veered off the road on its way to a region west of the capital Juba, the presidential spokes... |
| Austria >> 9/15/2015 - Bearish sentiment dominated the crude oil tanker market in August, with VLCCs
registering the highest rate drop in the dirty segment, down by 40% from the
previous month. Freight rates remained larg... |
| Austria >> 8/12/2015 - Dirty tanker spot freight rates were mixed in July. VLCC rates registered gains
compared with the previous month, mainly supported by several delays in
various ports as well as tighter tanker supply... |
| Austria >> 7/14/2015 - In June, crude oil tanker market sentiment was mixed. In general, dirty spot
freight rates increased by 12%, on average, compared with the previous month.
The average gain came mainly on the back of... |
| Brazil >> 6/15/2015 - KNOT Offshore Partners LP has completed its acquisition of all the ownership interests in the company that owns and operates the shuttle tanker Dan Sabia. The purchase price was $103.0 million, net of... |
| Austria >> 6/11/2015 - Dirty tanker market sentiment showed an improvement in May compared to a
month ago in all classes unlike the usual trend at this time of the year. The
higher freight rates were seen on many routes, ... |
| Scotland >> 6/7/2015 - Ferguson Group has appointed Emile Bado as Regional Manager, Middle East and North Africa.
The global supplier of DNV 2.7-1/ EN 12079 offshore containers, tanks, baskets, refrigerated/freezer module... |
| Canada >> 6/1/2015 - Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. has entered into new long-term contracts with a group of companies that includes Chevron Canada, Husky Energy, Mosbacher Operating Ltd., Murphy Oil, Nalcor Energy, Statoi... |
| Austria >> 5/12/2015 - Crude oil tanker market sentiment weakened in April as average spot freight rates dropped on most reported routes. On average, dirty tanker freight rates were down 8% from the month before. Despite a ... |
| Austria >> 4/16/2015 - Dirty tanker freight rates generally declined in March from the previous month, dropping 3% on average. This fall mainly affected the VLCC and Aframax class in March, while Suezmax closed the month 5%... |
| Netherlands/Holland >> 4/2/2015 - LITASCO SA, the exclusive international marketing and trading company of OAO LUKOIL, together with its Joint Venture partner Burando Maritime Services, a leading maritime services provider in the Amst... |
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Iraq >> 4/1/2015 - The Ministry of Oil of the Republic of Iraq announced that it has entered into a settlement agreement with Marine Management Services M.C. (MMS) and certain related parties, and that as a consequence ... |
