Tanker Opinions

19 Oct 2018; 

VLCC rates on the benchmark TD3c (Ras Tanura – Ningbo) averaged around $16,500 per day during September. …

28 Sept 2018: Last weekend, OPEC published its annual long-term World Oil Outlook, which forecasts global oil demand through…

21 Sep 2018; 

On May 8, President Trump announced the U.S. withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal.  After a grace…

14 Sep 2018; 

Large oceangoing tankers are generally considered the most cost-efficient way to move crude oil over long distances…

7 Sep 2018; 

This week, tropical storm Gordon, the first major weather event of the 2018 hurricane season, carved through…

31 Aug 2018; 

So far, the discussion around the implementation of IMO’s low sulphur bunker fuel mandate (“IMO 2020”) has…

24 Aug 2018; 

On June 26^th, 2016 the container ship “COSCO Shipping Panama” was the first vessel that officially passed…

17 AUG 2018; 

The financial crisis in Turkey has created sharp fluctuations in the value of the Turkish Lira and…

10 Aug 2018; 

U.S. crude oil exports have been on a tear since the crude oil export ban was lifted…