Tankers News
| Yemen >> 7/6/2011 - Yemeni coastguard forces managed to free a Saudi oil tanker after armed clashes with Somali pirates. Director General of the Aden Coastguard Sector Abdul-Rahman Musa said that Somali pirates have atte... |
| Kuwait >> 6/20/2011 - Kuwait Oil Tanker Co. (KOTC) announced it received a giant tanker from Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co. The tanker, named Al-Salmi, can carry up to 1.2 million barrels of oil, according ... |
| United Arab Emirates >> 6/13/2011 - Global marine fuel supplier Chemoil Energy Ltd. expects to complete the seven-fold expansion of its Fujairah storage terminal by the third quarter of next year, the company's chief executive said. The... |
| Saudi Arabia >> 12/21/2010 - The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (NSCSA) announces that the Board of Directors of The National Chemical Carriers Ltd. Co. (NCC) (one of its affiliates) agreed in their meeting held on Tue... |
| Algeria >> 9/16/2010 - Hyproc Shiping Compagny, 100% subsidiary of Sonatrach, has approved and put into operation in Arzew, a new vessel, LPG tanker named "Berga II. The order was placed on 1 September 2008 with the constru... |
| China >> 4/13/2010 - Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping transportation company specializing in dry bulk cargoes, announced that it has signed, through its 100% owned subsidiaries, two shipbuilding contracts with China... |
| South Korea >> 1/12/2010 - Stena Bulk has confirmed an order for two in-house designed Suezmax tankers from Samsung, South Korea for delivery in 2011. The 158,700-dwt vessels, with a length of 274 metres and a beam of 48 metres... |
| Russia >> 12/25/2009 - The Russian-British company TNK-BP will send its first tanker with oil of the ESPO (East Siberia–Pacific Ocean) grade from the new seaport Kozmino, the terminal point of the East Siberia–Pacific Ocean... |
| Yemen >> 11/7/2009 - Yemen dispatched its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipment on Saturday from a $4.5 billion Total-led plant, as the leader of the violence-torn country sought to soothe security concerns. The firs... |
| India >> 11/4/2009 - Cairn India, which has commenced crude production from the Mangala field in Barmer, Rajasthan, has concluded an initial agreement to supply crude oil from the Mangala field to Reliance Industries Limi... |
| Austria >> 1/19/2007 - After showing declines for the previous two months, OPEC spot fixture increased in December by0.45 mb/d to average 12.0 mb/d, around 3.9% higher than the previous month. Spot fixtures fromthe Middle E... |
| Austria >> 12/18/2006 - The Tanker Market In November, global spot fixtures fell an estimated 1.25 mb/d or 6%, OPEC’s share out of the estimated decline stood at 0.65 mb/d bringing OPEC spot fixtures to 11.88 mb/d, the lowes... |
| Austria >> 11/23/2006 - A leading tanker tracker group Thursday forecast that OPEC seaborne exports will rise 150,000 barrels a day in the four weeks to Dec. 9, but revised down its figures from last week's report and said s... |
| Austria >> 11/15/2006 - In October, OPEC spot fixtures showed an estimated increase of nearly 0.6 mb/d or 4.8% to average 12.7 mb/d. Although the first increase since June compared to a year earlier, OPEC spotfixtures were a... |
| Austria >> 10/16/2006 - In September, estimated OPEC spot fixtures showed a decline of nearly 0.5 mb/d or 3.7% toaverage 12.3 mb/d. OPEC fixtures have fallen for the third consecutive month, although the losswas lower than t... |
| Austria >> 9/15/2006 - OPEC spot fixtures in August declined for the second consecutive month to average 13.0 mb/d, down 0.6 mb/d from the previous month but still 0.5 mb/d above a year earlier. In two months OPEC spot fixt... |
| Austria >> 8/16/2006 - After having increased by more than 2.6 mb/d between April and June, preliminary data shows that OPEC spot fixtures declined slightly in July to average 14.4 mb/d, down 90,000 b/d from the previous mo... |
| Austria >> 7/17/2006 - OPEC spot fixtures continued their upward trend peaking at 14.6 mb/d in June, an increase of 0.4 mb/d compared to the previous month and 0.7 mb/d y-o-y. The sustained increase for the second consecuti... |
| Austria >> 6/19/2006 - OPEC spot fixtures increased sharply in May to average almost 14.4 mb/d, an increase of 2.4 mb/d or 20% over the previous month. The level of fixtures was even higher than the 1.7 mb/d seen a year ear... |
| Saudi Arabia >> 6/13/2006 - An SR1.13-billion contract for the manufacture of six tankers for National Chemical Carriers (NCC) was signed here yesterday. Faisal Saud Al-Saleh, NCC board chairman, signed the contract with Su Eun ... |
