D’Amico snaps up leased MR tanker for $13m below market price
Italian owner exercises another purchase option for bargain product carrier
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Ban Panama-flag tankers from EU ports over Iran trades, says US pressure group
Group calls for ban while Iran cautions over public statements about crackdown
Ex-FBI agent faces sanctions charges linked to Russian oligarch
Legal experts say move by prosecutors points to ‘US-first’ plan to target Russia sanctions breakers
Al Seer pledges fleet growth after adding bargain MR and selling two ships
Expanding Abu Dhabi owner confirms ambition to take advantage of volatile shipping and commodity markets
Trond Mohn keeping MR tankers for now after big profit on Torm LR1 sales
Norwegian investor says his vessels were debt-free, meaning a big pay-day
Usual tanker suspects linked to their first VLCC purchase
Indian entity tied to 15-year-old VLCC sold by Greek interests at a fat profit
Tug grounded in collision with Bahri VLCC off Texas
US Coast Guard said the smaller vessel began taking on water after the incident in Corpus Christi
Contamination penalty pushes Glencore down Singapore’s bunker league table
Meanwhile, the Trafigura-Fredriksen joint venture TFG Marine continues to build market share
US looking to pressure China into foregoing Iranian oil imports
US official says efforts to stop China from buying crude oil from Iran will intensify
VLCCs with scrubbers forecast to out-earn those withoutthanks to wide bunker spreads
BRS Group believes low sulphur fuel and marine gasoil will get more expensive in the coming months thanks to the European Union’s Russian product embargo