Tankers News
| Iraq >> 1/3/2017 - The ministry of oil said that the workers of the South Oil Company (SOC) removed the shipwreck of Amooriya tanker ship from the bottom of the sea away from the southern exportation ports. ... |
| Austria >> 12/14/2016 - In November, tanker spot freight rates for dirty vessels showed a noteworthy
rise, as average spot freight rates continued to increase for the third month in a
row, showing a gain of 24% on average ... |
| Saudi Arabia >> 11/30/2016 - National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri), the exclusive oil-shipper for Saudi Aramco, said it had signed a $350 million Islamic 10-year financing deal to pay for the building of five oil tank... |
| Austria >> 11/11/2016 - In October, tanker spot freight rates for dirty and clean vessels saw gains across
all classes trading on various routes. Although the size of the gains varied, VLCC
rates achieved the strongest gro... |
| Yemen >> 11/3/2016 - Unknown assailants who opened fire on a gas tanker off the coast of Yemen were also carrying a "substantial amount of explosives", the vessel's owner said, and a maritime source said it may have been ... |
| United Arab Emirates >> 10/31/2016 - Royal Dutch Shell and trading house Vitol are stepping up their operations in the port of Fujairah to store Iraqi crude as production from the OPEC member rises, industry sources said. ... |
| Yemen >> 10/26/2016 - Unknown assailants attacked a gas tanker off the coast of Yemen close to the Bab al-Mandab waterway in the latest flare up in an area through which much of the world's oil passes, shipping and securit... |
| United Arab Emirates >> 10/26/2016 - Gulf Navigation Holding PJSC is expanding the company’s fleet through a strategic long-term partnership with Wuchang Group, China’s heavy industry giant. The decision was made at Gulf Navigation Holdi... |
| Austria >> 10/12/2016 - Average spot freight rates in the tanker market increased in September from the
previous month by 23%. The average increase was driven mainly by gains
registered for the Suezmax class, which benefit... |
| United Kingdom >> 9/23/2016 - Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. (Teekay Offshore or the Partnership) has been awarded new three-year shuttle tanker contracts of affreightment (CoA), plus extension options, with BP plc, Royal Dutch She... |
| Austria >> 9/12/2016 - Dirty tanker spot freight rates were under pressure again in August, reflecting
decreases among all classes, occasionally reporting the lowest levels seen so
far this year. VLCC rates wer... |
| Iraq >> 8/30/2016 - Iraqi state oil firm SOMO has blacklisted three tankers involved in shipping crude from Kurdistan, stepping up pressure on the semi-autonomous region amid tense talks on sharing oil revenue. ... |
| Austria >> 8/10/2016 - Crude oil tanker market sentiment weakened in July, as average spot freight
rates declined on all reported routes. On average, dirty tanker freight rates were
down by 19% from the month before. Spot... |
| Austria >> 7/12/2016 - Dirty tanker spot freight rates were diverse in June, although they mostly
reflected negative developments during the month before, as the tanker market
heads towards the summer months. On average, ... |
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Egypt >> 7/10/2016 - Head of the Suez Canal Authority Mohab Mamish said that Suez Canal is the largest and greatest canal in the world. ... |
| Austria >> 6/12/2016 - Dirty tanker market sentiment weakened in May as average spot freight rates
dropped on most reported routes. On average, dirty tanker freight rates dropped
by 4% from the previous month, mainly on t... |
| Libya >> 5/19/2016 - A tanker that had been blocked for three weeks in a stand-off over oil exports at the eastern Libyan port of Marsa al-Hariga entered the port and began loading, officials said. ... |
| Austria >> 5/13/2016 - Dirty tanker market sentiment weakened in general in April, as average spot
freight rates dropped on many routes in different regions. On average, dirty
tanker freight rates declined by 6%, compared... |
| Austria >> 4/13/2016 - Following a decline from the previous month, freight rates in the tanker market
saw a relative recovery month-on-month in March, increasing particularly in the
dirty tanker market. This was mainly s... |
| Iraq >> 4/6/2016 - A traffic jam of nearly 30 large oil tankers has built up outside the Iraqi port of Basra due to loading delays, with some waiting up to three weeks and costing ship operators around $75,000 a day per... |
