Category: Tankers

  • Stainless Tankers readies double sale

    Stainless Tankers readies double sale Stainless Tankers of Norway has moved to offload two of its nine vessels. The Oslo-listed outfit backed by UK-based Tufton Investment Management is selling the 2005-built J19 stainless steel units Monax and Marmotas – the oldest in its fleet. Both ships, currently estimated by VesselsValue at about $33.7m in total,…

  • The shipping consequences of Mr Trump

    The shipping consequences of Mr Trump Splash’s lead columnist has been forced out of silence by the results in America. I have on my wrist a wristwatch made in the year of my birth -1952. It was made in two stages – the movement was made in Le Locle, in Switzerland, by the firm of…

  • MAC Shipping inks first newbuilds

    MAC Shipping inks first newbuilds Singapore’s MAC Shipping is expanding its fleet via a debut order for stainless steel chemical tanker newbuilds. The company has tapped China’s Jiangxi New Jiangzhou Shipbuilding Heavy Industry for four 25,900 dwt units costing $50m each, according to brokers, with deliveries starting in 2026. MAC Shipping was established in 2021,…

  • Pelagic Partners charters out tanker to International Seaways

    Cyprus-based owner and shipping fund manager Pelagic Partners has sealed a charter deal with US tanker player International Seaways for one of its LR1 vessels. The 2009-built Pelagic Turbot has been fixed long-term to the New York-listed owner and operator following its recent docking. The 73,400 dwt unit is the second ship International Seaways has…

  • Egypt reveals $6bn revenue hit as Houthis vow to up campaign against shipping

    The Houthis vowed Sunday to keep up their attacks on merchant shipping likely to the consternation of politicians further north along the Red Sea in Egypt.  Egypt’s foreign minister Badr Abdel Aati revealed in discussions with International Maritime Organization secretary-general Arsenio Dominguez on Friday that the Egyptian economy has taken a $6bn hit from the…

  • Dynacom seals four Samsung suezmax newbuilds

    Greece’s Dynacom Tankers has been tied to a series of suezmax newbuilds at Samsung Heavy Industries. Clarksons reports George Procopiou’s company has signed up for four 158,000 dwt ships at $83m each, with deliveries scheduled throughout 2027. The Athens-based outfit, with nearly 70 tankers under management has a massive orderbook in China, including suezmaxes at…

  • Famous VLCC changes hands for an eighth time

    A tanker with a colourful past has changed hands for the eighth time in its 18-year history and the second time this year. Piraeus-based Cavalli Marine has bought the Chinese-built Yale from Turkey’s Varan Maritime and renamed the vessel Alter Ego. No price has been revealed with online portal VesselsValue suggesting the vintage tanker has…

  • Latest ABS report outlines potential of nuclear technology on LNG carriers