Russian authorities are tightening measures at ports, including employing divers to inspect the underside of vessels, in response to rising threats to merchant shipping and infrastructure, according to a letter seen by Reuters.
https://gcaptain.com/russia-orders-diver-inspections-at-ports-after-tanker-blasts/
Freight rates for Russian ESPO Blend oil loading from the Far Eastern port of Kozmino have jumped fivefold amid a lack of vessels after fresh U.S. sanctions cut availability of tankers, three traders said and data showed.
https://gcaptain.com/russian-oil-freight-rates-soar-on-sanctions-driven-tanker-shortage/
Oil shipping rates extended their rally on expectations of a tightening in global tanker supply from wider U.S. sanctions on Russia’s fleet and traders’ demand for ships to load Middle East oil for Asia, industry sources said on Wednesday.
https://gcaptain.com/tanker-rates-extend-rally-on-sanctions-demand-to-load-mideast-oil-products/
(Bloomberg) — An unusually large flotilla of merchant vessels has backed up near Yemen’s Ras Isa port in the Red Sea after Israeli air raids damaged the tugboats needed to…
https://gcaptain.com/oil-tankers-back-up-near-yemeni-port-after-israel-hits-tugs/
The Biden administration plans to impose more sanctions on Russia over its war on Ukraine, taking aim at its oil revenues with action against tankers carrying Russian crude, three sources with knowledge of the matter said.
https://gcaptain.com/us-plans-more-sanctions-on-tankers-carrying-russian-oil-sources-say/
Russian Oil major Rosneft has delayed the commissioning of the Vostok Oil project until 2026, in part due to a shortage of ice-capable oil tankers as a result of Western sanctions. Earlier this year the U.S. announced sanctions aimed at slowing down or halting the construction and logistics...
Singapore and Malaysian authorities were responding this morning after two tankers were on fire following a collision that, the South China Morning Post said, spotlights the perils of dark fleet ships operating in some of the world’s busiest waterways.
The two tankers involved were the Hafnia-operated, Singapore-flagged Hafnia Nile and the Sao Tome and Principe flagged Ceres I.
Based on our readings of the AIS data, the oil laden Panamax-sized tanker HAFNIA NILE (9766217) had knocked into the...
https://www.marinelog.com/legal/safety-and-security/video-two-tankers-on-fire-after-collision/
Most people know about large oil spills in the ocean such as the Exxon Valdez or Deepwater Horizon disasters, but smaller spills on land and in water occur every day. The reporting, response, cleanup and restoration processes have improved with technology and lessons learned.
But logistical challenges remain. Among them, experts have to decide when to halt cleanup efforts that may be doing more harm than good.
Companies must have contingency plans with oil spill response organizations (OSROs) in...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/when-oil-is-spilled-what-happens-next
The government of Cambodia has lately been accused of using unethical tactics to gain control of about 300,000 barrels of oil on board MT Strovolos. In July, the barrels of oil were seized by the Indonesian maritime authorities.
The freedom of 19 crew members is also at stake. The seamen were chartered by KrisEnergy, a Singapore-based firm, to support the production of oil from a field located in the Cambodian sector in the Gulf of Thailand.
The crew was deployed when production started in...
V.Ships Norway has signed up 12 oil tankers for KVH linkHUB, an onboard media player , says a press release pubkished on KVH website.
Digital entertainmentKVH Industries, Inc., announced that V.Ships Norway has signed up 12 oil tankers for KVH linkHUB, an onboard media player that provides a library of hundreds of hours of licensed premium digital entertainment content from KVH MOVIElink and TVlink services.
Crew’s positive feedbackV.Ships Norway initially trialed the service on one oil tanker...
https://mfame.guru/v-ships-subscribes-to-kvh-linkhub-service-for-digital-entertainment/