OSG Buys Laid Up Jones Act Tanker from BP
U.S. shipping company Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (OSG) on Thursday announced it has reached an agreement with BP Oil Shipping Company to purchase the Jones Act compliant crude oil tanker Alaskan Frontier.Built by General Dynamics NASSCO in 2004, the 1.3-million-barrel capacity tanker is a sister to three other Alaskan Class vessels operated by OSG’s wholly owned subsidiary, Alaskan Tanker Company. It was part of Alaska Tanker Company's active fleet until 2019 when the vessel was placed in cold lay-up in Labuan, Malaysia.OSG said it expects the transaction will be completed in early November. Afterward, the company intends to reactivate the tanker…
Teekay Announces Public Offering
Teekay LNG Partners L.P. has announced that it has agreed to sell 2,800,000 common units, which represent limited partner interests, in a public offering. Teekay LNG has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 420,000 common units. The Partnership expects to use the proceeds to fund the equity portion of its first installment payment of approximately $95 million for six newbuilding liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers ordered by the Partnership's 50/50 joint venture with China LNG Shipping (Holdings) Limited for the Yamal LNG Project and to fund a portion of five M-type, Electronically Controlled, Gas Injection (or MEGI) newbuildings.
Teekay Scquire Suezmax Tankers
Teekay Lng Partners L.P. is to acquire three Suezmax class crude oil tankers and related long-term fixed-rate charters for $180 million from its parent company, Teekay Shipping Corp. The company said Teekay Lng plans to finance the acquisition with the net proceeds of a proposed public offering of its common units, together with borrowings under its revolving credit facility, cash balances or both.
