One of the Jones Act’s biggest financial shipowners Maritime Partners just got bigger acquiring a fleet of 10 tankers from AMSC.

The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said it had successfully attached tows to the LNG carrier BW Lesmes and aframax tanker Burri which blocked the waterway following a collision early Wednesday.

Singapore shipowner Pacific Carriers Ltd (PCL) celebrating its 50th anniversary this year is best known for its dry bulk business, but more recent years has also moved into the product tanker sector where it sees further opportunities.

Maran Tankers has successfully delivered the first cargo to China’s newly built Nansha Guangzhou LNG terminal.

A recent analysis of Saudi Arabia’s role in oil products movements by New York broker, Poten & Partners, outlines the impact of the Ukraine conflict on some key trades.

Nasdaq-listed StealthGas will continue to diversify its fleet with larger vessels as it reports a record net income for the first half of 2023.

CSSC Beihai Shipbuilding enters into the VLCC newbuilding market by securing two orders from tanker owner Euronav.

A healthy tanker market, with its tremendous cash flows in 2022, has resulted in a surge of vessel sale and purchase (S&P) activity in 2023.

A deepsea chemical tanker owned by Bergen-based Odfjell is to have a bound4blue eSAIL system installation.

A Ukrainian initiative to allow vessels trapped at the country’s ports since the Russian invasion in February 2022 is doomed to failure without the Kremlin’s approval, according to local sources.