European Union as a whole shows limited net outflow of ships from its flag so far this year
tankers
China Shipyards Record Increased LNG Tanker Orders As S.Korea Builders Are Full Up
By Chen Aizhu SINGAPORE, Dec 12 (Reuters) – China is making fast inroads in the market for newbuild liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers as local and foreign shipowners turn to its shipbuilders for…
At Least 15 Million Barrels Caught Up in Turkish Tanker Impasse
By Firat Kozok, Selcan Hacaoglu and Sherry Su (Bloomberg) — Turkey dug in on an insistence that oil tankers navigating its waters must prove they’re insured to do so, leaving a…
https://gcaptain.com/at-least-15-million-barrels-caught-up-in-turkish-tanker-impasse/
Tanker owner TNG going private after Tankerska Plovidba takes control
Croatian MR player now owned 97% by parent after share offer succeeds
Trafigura sees ‘huge advantages’ in controlling large tanker fleet
Swiss charterer and owner has expanded its wet fleet this year and is content to maintain the current size
Trafigura says nervous shipowners now willing to consider long-term VLCC charters
Head of wet freight Andrea Olivi sees clouds on the tanker horizon but believes the rate floor will be higher than in 2021
Deepening Turkish Tanker Jam Snarls Russia Oil Sanctions
By Daren Butler and Can Sezer ISTANBUL, Dec 9 (Reuters) – Turkey emerged as a critical stumbling block to a complex international plan to deprive Russia of wartime oil revenues as the…
https://gcaptain.com/deepening-turkish-tanker-jam-snarls-russia-oil-sanctions/
James Freeland: the last gentleman shipbroker
Clarksons and Braemar broker was credited with strong ethics and forged close links with many major shipowners and shipbuilders
https://www.tradewindsnews.com/news/james-freeland-the-last-gentleman-shipbroker/2-1-1370993
RMK Maritime pursues tanker giant Euronav for $11.7m over 2018 takeover
Financial adviser says it carried out more work than agreed for Gener8 Maritime merger, but Euronav vows to fight the claim
Showa Nittan beefs up product tanker fleet with 11 five-year charters
Range of Japanese tonnage taken on term deals, brokers report