Notorious Russian oil transfer hotspot nixed for a further six weeks
Greek Navy exercises in Laconian Gulf extended to July in blow to illicit ship-to-ship transfers
Beware of excessive optimism, Evangelos Marinakis warns Posidonia
Bosses tell TradeWinds Shipowners Forum to be on the lookout for ‘black swan’ events that could derail tanker boom
Sharp increase in seafarer fatalities from enclosed space ‘death traps’
InterManager calls for fundamental rethink of regulations and practices while working in enclosed spaces
Price pressure pushing shipowners back to conventional fuelled newbuildings
Top bankers say shipowners are being put off paying up for next-generation fuel options
Guangzhou Shipyard inks $465m worth of product tanker contracts in Athens
Chinese yard seals four-ship deal with Eastern Pacific and another pair with Vietnam’s Asia Pacific Shipping
Wilhelmsen and RoundFort Capital unveil ‘ground-breaking’ funding model for port and canal fees
Partners believe new service could free hundreds of millions of dollars of working capital
Vopak eyes Asian advantage with new $1.35bn Canadian LPG terminal
Dutch group takes final investment decision on ‘large-scale’ facility
Trader Mercuria extends newbuilding push with product tanker pair
Order is the trader’s second new vessel contract this year
Solstad Offshore offering minority shareholders a way out after share issue
Company will launch offer to mop up small holdings in shipowning entity Solstad Maritime
Venezuela’s May oil exports rise 30% during US wind-down period
Venezuela’s oil exports recovered in May from a low figure the previous month as state oil company PDVSA’s customers rushed…