Suezmax

Greek shipowners in 2024 in the shipbuilding order sector. In total, they have placed 163 orders with most of them or 88 being for tankers 53.9%.

These include 22 MR2, 19 Suezmax and 17 Aframax/LR2.

They also placed 31 orders for LNG carriers rate 19%. They have placed 27 orders for dry cargo carrier shipbuilding, 16.5% percentage of which 18 are for the Kamsarmax segment.

A 32% jump has been registered so far this year in orders worldwide for newbuild tankers, with Greek shipping having the largest share.

Since the start of 2024, 104 tankers have been added to the global order book, compared to 79 in the corresponding period of 2023.

The Marshall Islands-flagged tanker seized by Iran in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday has been located east of Iran's Qeshm Island, monitoring service TankerTrackers.com said in a post on social media platform X.

A massive container ship remains wedged in the Suez Canal

The GREEN4SEA Excellence Award was awarded to Capital Ship Management Corp. (‘Capital’) for demonstrating environmental excellence and performance above average.