Category Shipping Tanker Alert

Severe drought forces authorities to bar the biggest ships into the canal in Panama

The Panama Canal. (Graham Chadwick/ALLSPORT, Getty Images) Panama will temporarily limit the size of ships using the waterway because drought has lowered water levels in Gatun and Alhajuela lakes.   The Panama Canal Authority said Friday the restrictions take effect…

Oil tanker catches fire off Shanghai, one dead

Oil tanker Ye Chi (45,740dwt, built 2009), operated by China Shipping Group’s oil shipping arm China Shipping Tanker, caught fire yesterday afternoon off Dayangshan Island, Shanghai.   Five crew members were injured and one died after been sent to hospital,…

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