Tankers News
| Austria >> 5/13/2014 - In April, crude oil tanker market sentiment weakened and average spot freight
rates dropped on most of the reported routes. On average, dirty tanker freight
rates closed down by 4% compared to the p... |
| Australia >> 4/10/2014 - Dirty tanker freight rates continued to decline, with the drop in dirty spot freight
rates mainly affecting the VLCC class in March, while Suezmax and Aframax
closed the month flat. VLCC spot freigh... |
| Kuwait >> 3/14/2014 - Taking delivery of them expected during this and next month KOTC celebrated naming the 2 tankers "Dasma" and "Boubyan" The 2 new tankers are within Phase III for fleet revamping KOTC seeks to realize ... |
| Austria >> 3/12/2014 - Crude oil tanker market sentiment continued to weaken in February across all
vessel segments, with Suezmax and Aframax experiencing a strong decline.
Dirty spot freight rates on most reported routes... |
| Kuwait >> 3/6/2014 - Kuwait Oil Tankers Co.(KOTC) had officially got delivery of two new oil tankers as part of its revamping of its current fleet, a company statement said. The delivery of the tankers "Fintas" and "Burga... |
| Angola >> 2/25/2014 - An oil tanker hijacked for a week off Angola in January has been returned to the country's authorities, a board member at state oil firm Sonangol said, adding that the hijackers had stolen diesel wort... |
| Austria >> 2/12/2014 - Despite of the decline of VLCC freight rates seen in January compared to the
previous month, average dirty spot freight rates remained in the positive zone,
supported mainly by a considerable gain r... |
| Angola >> 1/26/2014 - Angola's navy said on Sunday the crew of an oil tanker that vanished off its coast on January 18 had turned off communications to fake an attack, seeking to calm energy sector fears that the vessel ha... |
| Angola >> 1/26/2014 - The Greek owners of an oil tanker that vanished off the Angolan coast on Jan. 18 said that pirates had hijacked the vessel and stolen a large quantity of cargo, contradicting the Angolan navy's denial... |
| Angola >> 1/24/2014 - Angolan state oil firm Sonangol confirmed reports that a tanker it had chartered had disappeared off the coast of the West African country. The owners of the Liberian-flagged MT Kerala, Greece-based D... |
| Angola >> 1/22/2014 - A fuel tanker is suspected to have been hijacked by pirates off the coast of Angola, the ship's owners said, in what would be the most southerly attack to date by pirates off West Africa. Pirate attac... |
| Austria >> 1/16/2014 - After several months of bearish momentum, spot freight rates recovered in
December across all tanker sectors. December was the only month exhibiting
positive performance on all reported routes and i... |
| Austria >> 12/10/2013 - Global spot fixtures declined by 6% in November compared to the previous month.
OPEC spot fixtures dropped as well in November, down by 8% compared to the
previous month. The decline was seen on all... |
| Libya >> 11/29/2013 - Libya's state oil firm has chartered a tanker to ship badly-needed crude to the country's second-biggest refinery in Zawiya, which supplies the capital Tripoli with fuel, oil officials said. ... |
| Austria >> 11/12/2013 - In October, OPEC spot fixtures maintained the same level as seen in the previous
month to average 13.2 mb/d as per preliminary data. Both Middle East-to-West and
Middle East-to-East were higher by 0... |
| Austria >> 10/10/2013 - According to preliminary data, OPEC spot fixtures rose by 0.82 mb/d to stand at
13.21 mb/d in September, following a decline in the previous month. The gain in fixtures
registered this month is main... |
| Austria >> 9/10/2013 - According to preliminary data, OPEC spot fixtures dropped in August from the previous
month. Middle East-to-East fixtures declined by 0.92 mb/d to stand at 5.37 mb/d, while
Middle East-to-West fixtu... |
| Russia >> 8/16/2013 - Gazpromneft Marine Bunker, the operator of Gazprom Neft's bunkering business, has acquired a bunkering tanker for operations at the seaports of the Black Sea region, including Novorossiysk, Tuapse, Po... |
| Austria >> 8/10/2013 - According to preliminary data, global spot fixtures increased in July from the previous
month by 8%, or 1.45 mb/d, to average 19.23 mb/d. OPEC spot fixtures also increased
by 1.36 mb/d over a month ... |
| Austria >> 7/13/2013 - In June, estimated OPEC spot fixtures decreased by 8% compared with last month to
average 13.0 mb/d. Global spot fixtures declined by 10% in June compared with the
previous month to average 17.8 mb/... |
