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Tanker with Libyan oil to refuel in Singapore enroute to China
… ANGELES, Apr. 27 -- The MT Equator tanker , carrying 550,000 bbl of Libyan crude ..... received pre-arrival notification that the tanker Equator will be calling at the Port of Singapore ..... spokesperson said. The MT Equator, a Suezmax tanker chartered by Geneva-based oil trader …
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IEA: Tanker capacity outpacing demand
By OGJ editors HOUSTON, Jan. 19 -- Tanker capacity will outpace demand growth in ..... refinery expansions. IEA cites reports that tanker demand, adjusted for increased floating ..... by 2-3% last year. The global oil tanker fleet, meanwhile, grew 7% from delivery …
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Tanker freight rates weaker in 2009, analyst says
… Diplomacy Editor LOS ANGELES, Jan. 16 -- Tanker freight rates continue to be driven by ..... rates than in 2008. Given that dirty tanker demand was 0.7% lower in 2008 than ..... of 2008, a significant amount of older tanker tonnage exited the fleet in 2008 for conversion …
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Greek tanker escapes pirates off Oman
… Editor LOS ANGELES, Dec. 2 -- The Sikinos, a Greek-flagged tanker transporting crude from Sudan to China, was attacked by pirates ..... and water hoses to fend off the attackers, according to the tanker ’s owner, Maritime Cyclades. Following the thwarted attack …
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Robust tanker demand will keep freight costs high
… Research, SSY Shipbrokers, London Oil tanker rates have proven very firm so far this ..... 2004, the cost of freight for a Suezmax tanker (see accompanying box) carrying 180 ..... and is despite the growth in the crude tanker fleet of about 1% in 2002 and a further …
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Turkey eyes higher pipeline revenues; considers tanker sanctions
… applying heavy sanctions on oil companies in the event of tanker accidents in the congested Bosporus Strait. Ankara is using the proposed legislation as part of an effort to divert tanker traffic away from the Bosporus and promote use of oil pipelines …
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Somali pirates attack another oil tanker
… firing rocket-propelled grenades at a Hong Kong-flagged oil tanker , have launched their deepest attack ever into the Indian Ocean ..... more ships came just days after a US cargo ship and a Dutch oil tanker were attacked by pirates in the Indian Ocean but managed to …
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Independent oil-tanker industry must solve commercial, environmental problems
… charge is to trace the evolution of the tanker industry and of Intertanko. I will expand ..... of the world's independently owned tanker fleet. And its respectability and industry ..... economic problems that had rocked the tanker industry during the association's early …
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Oil, gas tanker industry responding to demand, contract changes
… Commodore, a 105,750 dwt, LRS-class tanker built by NKK Corp., Tokyo. She represents ..... shipments from West Africa. The crude-oil tanker Eco Africa, owned by SNAM S.p.A ..... Asian demand appeared to be shifting world tanker transportation patterns away from long …
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Petroleum markets' turmoil spawns tanker glut
… likely to be reflected in petroleum tanker markets by mid-1999 or early 2000 ..... it threatened the profitability of tanker owners and operators. Similar forces were eroding the petroleum-product tanker industry at year-end 1998. Products …
