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Saudi tanker armada set to strain oil storage with 43 million-barrel load

The Saudi fleet, with oil loaded at Ras Tanura, will join an existing congestion of 76 tankers that are currently waiting to unload in US ports.

Total charters its first two LNG propelled tankers

Clean marine fuels: Total charters its first LNG-powered very large crude carriers

Analysis: global oil storage infrastructure is in trouble

The largest oil supply surplus the world has ever seen in a single quarter is about to hit the global market from April, creating...

Phillips 66 and Trafigura form joint venture to develop deepwater port

Phillips 66 and Trafigura Group Pte. Ltd announce they have formed a 50/50 joint venture, Bluewater Texas Terminal LLC (“Bluewater Texas”), to develop an...

Wärtsilä Exhaust Gas Cleaning system gets type approval in China

The technology group Wärtsilä’s Exhaust Gas Cleaning (EGC) system has been Type Approved in China by the China Classification Society (CCS). This follows the order...

Silverstream сollaborates with SWS on newbuild development projects

Silverstream Technologies, the leading air lubrication provider for the shipping industry, has today announced the completion of three joint development projects with SWS (Shanghai...

First SOx scrubber-equipped VLCC in the NYK’s fleet

The very large crude oil carrier (VLCC) Tanzawa, the first new NYK-owned vessel to include an SOx scrubber, has been delivered into the NYK fleet....

Ecochlor BWMS announces contract to retrofit Euronav tankers

Ecochlor is pleased to announce a contract to supply seven Euronav Suezmax and VLCC tankers with a ballast water management system (BWMS). The agreement comes...

Ocean Yield Takes Delivery of New VLCC

Norway-based ship owning company Ocean Yield ASA has taken delivery of the very large crude carriers (VLCC) Nissos Despotiko.

MOL deploys augmented reality technology on tanker bridges

The bridges of many of Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines’ (MOL) tankers are set to get the fighter jet treatment with augmented reality (AR) technology deployed

LNG Carrier and VLCC Collide at Fujairah Anchorage

The LNG carrier Aseem collided with the 280,000 dwt VLCC Shinyo Ocean at the Fujairah anchorage. 

DSME Wins Order for Four VLCCs

South Korean shipyard Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME) has clinched a $366 million order to build four units of very large crude carriers

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