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Hijacked Tanker Recaptured

23 Kasım 2012 Cuma 16:09

The ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) commends the actions of Vietnamese authorities for the recapture of a vessel hijacked and taken to their waters.

Industry Faces Tumultuous Tides Tanker industry is facing tumultuous tides as the oil traders are backing out of the market, causing reduction of chartering demand and thus inflicting considerable losses.		DNV’s Triality Tanker Concept Wins Lloyd’s List Innovation Award The Lloyd’s List Global Award for the shipping industry’s best innovation project 2011 was won by DNV. At a ceremony, Chief Operating Officer Ioannis Kourmatzis accepted the award on behalf of DNV.

New Tanker Cooperation Maersk Tankers-owned Broström has initiated a new tanker cooperation with the Swedish owners Erik Thun AB, Rederi AB Gotland and Wisby Tankers AB to strengthen its 5,000?10,000 DWT segment portfolio.		MOL tanker receives certificate Mitsui O.S.K. Lines' product chemical tanker Ivy Express received a certificate of the ILO's Maritime Labour Convention 2006.

Upturn in petrochemicals The Middle East is set to become the global hub for petrochemicals production over the next 5 years.		Moderate growth is helpful Buoyed by demand for so-called minor bulks from cement to fertilizer, smaller dry cargo vessels will outperform capesizes, the largest drybulk ships.

Fleet to grow one fifth Nanjing Tanker Corporation will see its fleet grow by one fifth in the current quarter.		Tanker rates to hover year-low Rates for crude tankers on key Asian freight routes are likely to hover near 11-month lows this week as ample tonnage outweighs strong Chinese demand.

Stena Penguin is delivered Concordia Maritime has taken delivery of the product tanker Stena Penguin, which will enter into a three-year charter with Glencore subsidiary ST Shipping.		Ships go west A surplus of oil tankers competing for 2 million barrel cargoes of Middle East crude shrank to an eight week low after some of the vessels sailed to West Africa in search of better rental rates.

Escort system for tankers An act with provisions to preserve the dual-tug escort system for loaded tankers in the Prince William Sound, passed the US Senate and the US House of Representatives.		$700m to be spent on LNG fleet Japanese trading house Marubeni will spend about $700 million to team up with a Singapore shipping firm to operate a fleet of liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers.

Single hull tanker to be banned South Korea will ban all single-hull tanker operations starting in 2011 to better protect the environment from oil spills, the government said Thursday.		Empty ships to seek cargoes Supertanker owners may send empty ships to West Africa rather than the Middle East to seek cargoes after a French port strike bolstered oil freight costs west of the Suez Canal.

Teekay to have share in LNGC Teekay LNG Partners said that it had reached an agreement in principle to acquire a 50% interest in two LNGCs owned by Exmar.		More wet tonnage for Norden Leading Danish tanker and drybulk carrier owner NORDEN is considering buying more wet tonnage.

Fleet to meet fuel requirements The fleet of tankers operated by the U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command is being reconfigured to meet fuel requirements in support of U.S. forces worldwide.		Ship earnings being cut A glut of supertankers competing for two million-barrel cargoes of Middle East crude oil stayed unchanged, cutting earnings from the ships by 19 per cent to their lowest in almost 13 months.

Seatrans flags out 9 ships Chemical tanker and drycargo vessel owner Seatrans is to flag out nine vessels to the Maltese registry.		Time charter for 5 years Knutsen Offshore Tankers? newbuilding ?Bodil Knutsen? has been fixed to Statoil for five years.