Bunkering – Chinese Heavy Load Carrier ZHEN HUA 36 – November, 2024
During the last days of November, 2024 the 2003 built heavy load carrier (converted) ZHEN HUA 36 called OPL Malta for Uplifting Bunkers. She was built in Japan by Tsuneishi Tshipbuilding Co Ltd in Tadotsu as yard no 1246 (from January 2001 to August 2003) as the crude oil tanker PETROZAVODSK for Russian Owners SCF […]
Tanker News – US Imposes Sanctions on Russia’s Leading Tanker Company Sovcomflot – 23.02.2024
Last Friday 23rd February, the United States of America (USA) has imposed sanctions on Russia’s leading tanker group SOVCOMFLOT (SCF) of which Washington seeks to reduce Russia’s revenues from oil sales it can use to support the invasion of Ukraine, the Treasury Department stated. Russia is one of the world’s top oil exporters and the […]
STS Operation – BEAR ALCOR and PATRICIA – 04.09.2021
On Saturday 4th September, 2021 a ship to ship (STS) Operation between the 274 m crude oil tanker BEAR ALCOR and the 144 m chemical/oil products tanker PATRICIA was photographed from the air by MALTA SHIP PHOTOS offshore Malta. BEAR ALCOR was built in South Korea by Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) on 8th March, 2002 as the Double […]
Breaking Up – Cruise Liner ASTOR – 23.11.2020
The 33 year old cruise liner ASTOR was sold last 15th October at an auction by C.W. Kellock London Ltd. She was built in 1987 by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW), Kiel in West Germany as ASTOR for the Mauritius-based Marlan Corporation, although originally ordered by the South African Safmarine as a combined ocean liner/cruise ship for the Southampton-Cape Town service. In 1988, she was sold to the Soviet Union Black Sea Shipping […]
Offshore News – Early redelivery of VYACHESLAV TIKHONOV – December 2018
Polarcus Limited (“Polarcus” or the “Company”) (OSE: PLCS) announces that an early redelivery option has been agreed with the charterers of the VYACHESLAV TIKHONOV , originally named POLARCUS SELMA. The vessel has been on bareboat charter to Sovcomflot (“SCF”) since delivery from yard in 2011. The current charter period will expire in October 2019. SCF […]
LNG News – Shell charters 6 new LNG tankers – 20.12.2018
Shell has inked charter contracts for six LNG carriers with Sovcomflot and TMS Cardiff Gas, with the latter announcing the order four newbuildings in South Korea to fulfil the charters. Shell Tankers (Singapore) Pte Ltd (STSL) has signed separate agreements to charter four LNG carriers from Greek shipowner TMS Cardiff Gas and two from Russian […]
Russia in Talks to Privatize Sovcomflot, Its Largest Shipping Company. MOSCOW, Aug 1 (Reuters) – Russia is in talks with Asian investors on the privatisation of state shipping company Sovcomflot, the RIA news agency cited Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov as saying on Tuesday. The government does not rule out other forms of […]
