Tag: Tankers

  • ReCAAP piracy incidents in October

    Small tanker hijackings continue to pose challenge in region. ReCAAP piracy incidents report in October 2014 George Joseph The Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships […]

  • Double Tanker Hijacking

    Two tankers have been hijacked in the Gulf of Guinea in the past four days as piracy off the West African coast continues to escalate. On Saturday the 73,400-dwt Orfeas […]

  • Cargoes to Resume

    India, the third-biggest buyer of Iranian oil, will offer state-backed insurance to tankers, helping the nation’s biggest sea carrier to resume cargoes from the Persian Gulf nation hit by international […]

  • Tanker Traffic

     According to a report by Lloyd’s List, there has been a drop in large oil tankers transiting the Suez Canal by in excess of 50% over the past three years. […]

  • New Route

    Tankers and cargo ships could next year travel regularly between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans via the Arctic to save time, money, emissions…and pirates. Scandinavian shipowners have revealed new data […]