Bloomberg: Crude Oil-Tanker Spot Bookings Seen 5% Higher in 2012
“Spot, or single-voyage, bookings for crude oil-tankers increased by 5 percent in 2012 compared with the previous year, according…
Dirty Spot Fixture Activity Rises, But Top Rankings Shift
Reported spot activity for larger dirty tankers increased by 5% from 2011 to 2012. Suezmaxes saw the greatest gains,…
Asphalt Weekly Monitor
- East Coast wholesale prices are steadfast this holiday week.
- East Coast retail asphalt prices are mixed – flux retail unchanged.
- Midwest…
Asphalt Weekly Monitor
- This is an abbreviated report for the Holiday Season. Price tables appear with limited text.
- US and Canada retail markets…
Tanker Gloom Continues, but Room for Optimism
As the Holiday Season nears its crescendo, the approaching new year has provided its usual litany of annual reviews…
Asphalt Weekly Monitor
- This issue and next week’s are abbrev. for Holidays. Price tables has limited text. Regular format returns in 2013.
- East…
Bloomberg: Gasoline Barges Advance; ICE Gasoil Gains: Oil Products
“Bookings of fuel oil from Western countries to Asia next month rose 4 percent from a week earlier to…
Lloyd’s List: Baltic Sea Aframax Earnings Rise $11,000 Overnight
“Earnings for aframax crude tankers able to operate in icy Baltic Sea waters rocketed up by more than $11,000…
FSU Pipeline Optionality Shifts Export Flows
Export flows out of Former Soviet Union (FSU) states continue to undergo rather dramatic shifts. A recently completed expansion…
Asphalt Weekly Monitor
- East Coast retail asphalt prices mostly steady – slips lower in some mid-Atlantic areas.
- Wholesale asphalt prices go lower on…