Houston based SPT Inc., specialists in ship to ship (STS) transfer (lightering) of crude oil and liquefied natural gas has announced expansion of its STS service for oil majors and traders in the ...

The safety record of lightering (the transfer of petroleum cargo at sea from a large tanker to smaller ones) has been excellent in U.S. waters in recent years, as evidenced by the very low rate of ...

CLEVELAND -- Lightering operations on the sunken Argo ship in Lake Erie have started. The first of Argo's eight tanks are being tapped and offloaded, the first steps to understanding Argo's cargohold, ...

Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. will acquire the Heidmar Lightering business from Heidmar Inc., a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. The operation, a fleet of four International Flag ...

MARINE industry stakeholders yesterday balked at proposed fees to regulate the lightering industry, one prominent executive describing them as “unheard of” and warning that such a move could kill the ...

LAKE SUPERIOR (WPBN/WGTU) -- The effort continues in Lake Superior to help the motor vessel Roger Blough that ran aground on May 27. According to the U.S. Coast Guard, Phillip R. Clarke has arrived ...

US Gulf Coast onshore ports’ limited tanker loading capacities could increase crude oil export costs because the ports are not able to accommodate very large crude carriers, the US Energy Information ...

Co announces that the acquisition of the Heidmar lightering business from Heidmar, Inc., a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Capital Group, Inc., was completed on April 20, 2007. The acquired lightering ...

HOUSTON (Reuters) - A massive oil spill off the Louisiana coast has forced at least one lightering company to halt ship-to-ship transfers of crude oil off Pascagoula, Mississippi, a tanker company ...