TradeWinds: Scorpio Tankers has a second shot at VLCC ownership with newbuilding deal
November 11, 2025
The contracts brought the orderbook to around 15% of the global tanker fleet, according to brokers.
Poten &…
TradeWinds: Tanker buyers beware of long-term demand, Poten warns
November 10, 2025
The surge in tanker newbuldings has one wrinkle that past buyers did not have to worry about,…
TradeWinds: Will the US-China port fee pause help line VLCC owners’ pockets? Brokers are split
November 3, 2025
Brokers are split over whether the delay in the US-China port fee scuffle is good or bad…
TradeWinds: Analysts dream of $200,000 per day VLCC market as floating storage adds missing ingredient
October 21, 2025
With demand lagging but supply skyrocketing thanks to Opec fighting for market share and growing Atlantic basin…
TradeWinds: Opec disconnect: Poten & Partners asks if more oil on the water will translate to higher rates
August 11, 2025
What Opec says and what it does when it comes to production, quotas and exports are all…
TradeWinds: Iraq-Turkey pipeline reopening giving suezmaxes and aframaxes potential boost
October 6, 2025
Poten & Partners head of tanker research Erik Broekhuizen argued it was unlikely suezmaxes would load…
TradeWinds: Buoyant VLCC market powers overall shipping earnings to highest level in two years
September 21, 2025
Analysts at US brokerage Poten & Partners explained that VLCC rates reaching $100,000 per day provided one…
TradeWinds: US reaction to price cap crucial as EU tanker sanctions prove ineffective, broker says
July 21, 2025
The bloc announced sweeping new measures on Friday, including a lower and automatically re-adjusted price cap on…
TradeWinds: Unipec’s crude tanker first-half fixtures more than double any rivals
July 14, 2025
New figures from US shipbroker Poten & Partners show China’s Unipec has maintained its big lead as…
