Trade Winds of Change
Feb 7th, 2025: Global dirty trade routes-reshuffle again in 2024
In 2020, we started a new annual tradition, ranking the…
Gaining Momentum
Jan 31st, 2025:Nigeria’s Dangote refinery is nearing full capacity
This week, various publications reported that Nigerian gasoline imports are on…
Back To Fundamentals
Jan 24th, 2025:Underlying oil supply/demand drivers seem supportive
In recent years, the narrative in the oil and tanker markets has…
Navigating Uncertainty
Jan 17th, 2025:Geopolitics has returned to the oil and tanker markets
Geopolitics are intricately linked with the international oil and…
Vietnam.vn News: Lack of Russian gas, consumers ‘hurt their wallets’, Germany continues to suffer, Asia suffers, money still flows steadily into this country
January 16, 2025
European gas futures, which often also influence Asian LNG spot prices, remain around 45% higher than they…
NPR News: The U.S. has tried to weaken Russia’s wartime economy. Are sanctions working?
January 14, 2025
Erik Broekhuizen says “The fleet has grown quickly from (inaudible) to maybe 600…
Predicting The Unpredictable
Jan 10th, 2025:Key tanker market developments for 2025
We are continuing our annual forecasting series and for 2025, we have…
The (Mostly) Predictable Parade
Jan 3rd, 2025: Top Reported Dirty Spot Charterers for 2024*
Relative to last year, there are a few changes in…
Heightened Uncertainty In The Middle East
Dec 13th, 2024:What is next for a key player in the region?
On December 8, 2024, the regime of Bashar…
Approaching The End Of An Era
Dec 6th, 2024: Lower North Sea output accelerates fall in ton-mile demand
Yesterday, Equinor and Shell, two major European oil…
