Fairplay: US-Flag Crude Transport Hits Local Product Markets
“Poten and Partners described Florida as a balancing point between US and foreign freight rates. It noted that freight…
Hellenic Shipping News: Tanker Owners Should not Bet All-in in Chinese Oil Market Warns Analyst
“China’s importance as a consumer of raw materials for the shipping markets, both dry bulk, as well as tanker,…
Ship & Bunker: Fuel Costs Push LNG Bunker Development
“‘The relative low price of natural gas and LNG compared to current high residual bunker and distillate fuel prices…
Lloyd’s List: Euronav’s Rodgers takes Helm at International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation
“Many improvements in procedures, vetting standards and operational safety were initiated as a result of the Exxon Valdez spill,…
Nefte Compass: NWE Diesel Up on Ukraine, Turnarounds
“New research from London-based shipbroker Poten & Partners shows how the size of the very large crude carrier (VLCC)…
Carbon Positive: Ton-mile Growth for the VLCC Tanker Market to Occur Only if Tonnage Supply is Moderated
“The market for VLCCs is an ever changing one and while new routes are emerging and there is optimism…
Lloyds Fairplay: Unconventional Gas May Meet Asian Demand
“While unconventional gas projects could generate extra gas to meet Asia’s growing energy demands, there are significant hurdles to…
The Wall Street Journal: Interest, Power, Policy and Exporting U.S. Natural Gas
“The underlying principle of the liquid natural gas business is that in order for any single large, capital-intensive project…
Tradewinds: Vitol Top Line Rises
“Vitol has recorded a rise in crude and product shipments on the way to improved revenue in 2013….Vitol Group…
Tradewinds: Let’s get Real on Whether Exports of US Gas can Counter Mr. Putin
“Michael D Tusiani, chairman and chief executive of Poten & Partners, explains why the notion that US LNG exports…