It’s Lonely At The Top
In the latest ranking of the largest dirty spot charterers we observe some small changes. Not at the top,…
Mozambique Projects Close to Offtake Deals, Targeting mid-2019 FIDs
27 December 2018:
Sponsors of Mozambique’s two large-scale land-based liquefaction projects are close to finalizing LNG…
Splash 247: Poten Turns Cautious on VLCC Prospects After OPEC Cuts
Tanker brokers Poten & Partners warn in their latest weekly report that VLCC rates for next year could be…
LPG in World Markets: South Korean Petrochemical Expansions to Boost LPG Imports
LPG in World Markets
January 2019
TOC: South Korean ethylene expansion projects have the potential to add nearly 1.7 MMt/y LPG…
Indian LPG imports to grow at a slower rate on rising prices
17 December 2018:
Spot LPG traders are confident that Indian imports of LPG will remain strong this year despite a…
Repositioning “Empties”
14 December 2018: One of the challenges in the container shipping industry is the need to reposition empty containers (“empties”)…
Tanker Operator: Will New Worldscale Include Low Sulfur Fuel?
Similar to last year and for every year since the current Worldscale system was established some 50 years ago,…
Rigzone: WTI Trades Above $54
“There is an expectation that OPEC and Russia will agree to cut output by as much as 1.3 million…
A Deal Is Done
7 Dec 2018;
It is December and another OPEC production cut is around the corner. The latest reports from Vienna…
Rigzone: Crude Oil Avoids Massive Sell-off for Week
The January West Texas Intermediate (WTI) contract price lost 52 cents Friday to settle at $50.93 a barrel. The…
