BIMCO: Pressure in tanker shipping market extends into 2018

Overcapacity, weak ‘trading demand’ and weak OPEC output have depressed the conditions that usually boost long hauls…

Eight killed as fishing boat collides with tanker off South Korea

A South Korean fishing boat capsized off the country’s western coast on Sunday after it collided with a…

Police discover 19 migrants in tanker

  By Jite Eriabie  Greek Police have arrested a 57-year-old driver of articulated vehicle suspected of…

Police discover 19 migrants in tanker

Greek Police have arrested a 57-year-old driver of articulated vehicle suspected of human smuggling after they…

Armed pirates board tanker off Indonesia

By Jite Eriabie  Five pirates armed with knives boarded an oil tanker, identified as GP T2, on…

Canada’s proposed tanker ban in Northern British Columbia worries ICS 

By Jite Eriabie  The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) says it is deeply concerned over proposed…

12 missing in tanker, fishing vessel collision 

By Jite Eriabie  A Hong Kong-flagged tanker identified as Brightoil Lucky was involved in a collision…

Maersk sells tanker unit to family fund for $1.17bn 

By Jite Eriabie  Danish conglomerate A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk Group) has signed a deal to…

Tanker sinks off Greece 

By Jite Eriabie  Oil spill clean-up operations have been launched off the coast of Salamina, Greece…

Malaysia foils tanker hijacking, arrests 10 pirates

By Jite Eriabie  Malaysian authorities thwarted the hijacking of a Thai oil tanker on Thursday and…

Venezuela: Armed men take tanker crew member hostage 

A crew member of a crude oil tanker was taken hostage by five armed robbers who…

Libyan navy seizes tanker over suspected smuggling

Libyan naval forces on Sunday seized a Liberian-flagged oil tanker and detained its mainly Filipino crew on suspicion…