Platts: VLCC Owners Eye Time Charter Deals in Weak Spot Market
“With the spot market for VLCCs struggling at the moment, the stagnant conditions are encouraging shipowners to commit their…
Term Oil in the Market
This summer, deteriorating conditions in the spot tanker market have encouraged some vessel owners to seek protection in term-charters….
Fairplay: Tanker Rates Left Resting in State of Languid Recovery
“An opinion piece by the New York-based tanker broker Poten and Partners called ‘Summer Doldrums’ provides a detailed recounting…
2nd Annual Global Derivatives Forum: Commodities, Energy & Freight
New York, NY: 7 Sep 2010
Abraham Glass, General Manager of Poten Energy Services LLC., and Jonathan Thielemann, FFA broker…
Laboring Through A Long Recovery
The Memorial Day kickoff to the summer driving season offered hope that 2010 would see a step towards normalization…
Asphalt Weekly Monitor
- There was an early wind-down to the paving week, due to the upcoming Labor Day Holiday.
- East Coast rack and…
Lloyd’s List: US Summer Driving Season Fails to Absorb Large Stocks of Gasoline
“Despite US gasoline demand showing growth in August, increased consumption has not been able to absorb high stockpiles of…
Low Imports Leave US Regas Owners Grasping At Straws
With second quarter US LNG imports registering a 27% drop on last year, optimism surrounding an impending surge of…
Summer Doldrums
Recent weeks have seen earnings on benchmark tanker voyages threaten to break below operating costs amid an oversupply of…
Fairplay: Increases in Underlying Demand are Expected to Benefit Rates
“In this normally sluggish time of the year, the range-bound nature of the main tanker routes has been evident…
