The TA KEROperator - Tanker Operator

TOP 30 TANKER COMPANIES
Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG)
(11.4 mill dwt, plus 1.1 mill dwt newbuildings)
5
OSG owns or manages a
variety of tonnage, including the three
out of four of the world’s largest remaining
ULCCs of 440,000 dwt each.
Two are on storage duties, while the other is
still trading. In total, OSG boasts 124 vessels,
including wholly-owned and bareboat
chartered tonnage.
Broken down into vessel types, these
include three ULCCs, 14 VLCCs, plus
two newbuildings; two Suezmaxes; 20
Aframaxes, plus two newbuildings (includes
the lighterage fleet); 13 Panamxes, plus two
newbuildings; 46 Handysize, plus three
newbuildings (includes the US flag fleet);
one newbuilding chemical carrier; one car
carrier; 10 articulated tug barge (ATB)
combinations, plus one newbuilding and
four LNGCs.
Nine of the 11 newbuildings are wholly
owned.
Last year, OSG moved the commercial
management of its LNGC fleet, previously
managed as a standalone business unit, to
the company's international product carrier
and gas strategic business unit.
OSG said that this move reflected the
recent focus on its three core segments -
crude oil, products and US flag - while
ensuring that the LNG business was
optimally managed.
AET Tankers
(10.7 mill dwt, plus 2.9
mill dwt newbuildings)
7
MISC Berhad subsidiary AET
has shot up the rankings due to the
deliveries of two VLCCs and 10 Aframaxes in
the past 12 months.
This gives the Singapore-based concern
13 VLCCs, one Suezmax, 59 Aframaxes,
one Panamax and nine product carriers of
various sizes.
Not stopping there, AET has another four
VLCCs, four Suezmaxes, four Aframaxes,
two dynamic positioning shuttle tankers and
one product carrier still to come, which
should propel the company into the top five
next year.
OSG owns a considerable number of Jones Act tankers.
Sovcomflot Group (SCF)
(11.02 mill dwt, plus 2.07 mill dwt newbuildings)
Taking SCF’s tanker fleet, the
6
Russian giant controls 132 vessels and
has another 19 on order. In addition, the group
controls eight LNGCs and two LPG carriers.
The in-service tanker fleet includes 12
coastal/small vessels, 10 Handysize tankers,
30 MRs, six Panamaxes (including five ice
class shuttles), 48 Aframaxes (including two
ice class shuttles) and 18 Suezmaxes.
Still to come are two VLCCs, seven
Aframaxes and four Panamaxes (LR1s).
The company claims to be No 1 in MR,
SCF is No 1 in Arctic shuttle tankers.
Arctic shuttle tanker and ice class LNGC
operation and No 2 in Aframaxes and MRs.
In February, it was announced that SCF had
purchased six Aframax shuttle tankers from
Primorsk Shipping. They are each fitted for
loading at Sakhalin.
In addition to these six vessels, the delivery
of a new Aframax Suvorovsky Prospect (iceclass
1B) and three LR1 product carriers (in
joint ownership with Glencore) in
February/March 2011, will see the Group’s
fleet increase by another 1 mill dwt.
March 2011 TANKEROperator Annual Review
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