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US energy trader PIF Energy has unveiled plans to spend $2bn acquiring up to 15 crude tankers, with purchases already underway as the company moves to secure shipping capacity through the Strait of Hormuz. The Dallas-based company, founded and led by chief executive Ben Morrow, specialises in crude oil and refined products trading, supply and …
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https://splash247.com/pif-energy-launches-2bn-vlcc-buying-spree/Greek shipowner Evgenia Daskalopoulou, founder and president of dry bulk outfit Almi Marine Management, has died. Almi announced her death on Wednesday, saying she passed away surrounded by her family. Daskalopoulou was born in 1958 and founded the Athens-based company in 1992. She built Almi from a small dry bulk operation into a modern supramax …
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https://splash247.com/almi-marine-founder-evgenia-daskalopoulou-dies/Nasdaq-listed Pyxis Tankers has locked one of its MR product tankers into a two-year charter with CITGO Petroleum at $31,000 per day, securing about $21.8m in net charter revenue. The Greece-based owner has fixed the 2017-built, 50,145 dwt Pyxis Lamda for 24 months, plus or minus 30 days at the charterer’s option. The new employment …
https://splash247.com/pyxis-lifts-mr-earnings-with-two-year-citgo-deal/
https://splash247.com/pyxis-lifts-mr-earnings-with-two-year-citgo-deal/Norwegian offshore vessel owner Eidesvik Offshore has secured fresh work for the platform supply vessel Viking Queen, taking the ship out of the spot market for a drilling campaign starting early next year. The contract covers one well and has an estimated firm duration of about 290 days, with further extension options attached. The customer …
https://splash247.com/eidesvik-fixes-psv-for-2027-drilling-campaign/
https://splash247.com/eidesvik-fixes-psv-for-2027-drilling-campaign/Golar LNG has acquired a 2013-built LNG carrier from Japan’s NYK Line for conversion into its fourth floating LNG unit, filling in a key missing piece of its $2.45bn expansion programme. The Nasdaq-listed FLNG specialist has agreed to buy the 177,427 cu m Grace Dahlia, which will become the donor vessel for the 3.5m tonnes …
https://splash247.com/golar-picks-nyk-carrier-for-fourth-flng-conversion/
https://splash247.com/golar-picks-nyk-carrier-for-fourth-flng-conversion/Evangelos Pistiolis-led Top Ships is adding another four MR tanker newbuildings at Guangzhou Shipyard International, lifting its newbuilding pipeline in the segment to 14 ships. The New York-listed Greek owner has agreed to acquire four related-party special purpose companies holding contracts for 50,000 dwt eco, scrubber-fitted, Ice Class 1A product tankers scheduled for delivery between …
https://splash247.com/pistiolis-doubles-down-at-gsi-with-four-more-mrs/
https://splash247.com/pistiolis-doubles-down-at-gsi-with-four-more-mrs/Malin Group has been awarded Silver in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS). The silver award, representing the second-highest accolade available through the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, demonstrates their support for the Armed Forces community…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/malin-group-receives-silver-award-defence-543534
https://www.marinelink.com/news/malin-group-receives-silver-award-defence-543534TOTE Services, LLC, a U.S. maritime services company specializing in vessel construction management and ship management, signed a contract with the U.S. Department of Transportation - Maritime Administration (MARAD) to serve as vessel construction…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/tote-services-manage-construction-marad-543538Attacks on tankers sailing through the Strait of Hormuz hit their highest last week of any week since the Iran war began, according to maritime security sources tracking incidents, amid a bigger export push by Gulf producers.Attacks, attempted attacks and harassment activity including drone overflig
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/oil-tanker-attacks-strait-hormuz-reach-543539Transit routes in the Strait of Hormuz deemed illegal by Iran will soon be closed, an adviser to the Revolutionary Guards' Commander told the semi-official Fars News Agency on Wednesday, referring to the southern pathway hugging Oman's coast.Mohammadreza…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/iran-shut-illegal-hormuz-routes-543541
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