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…
Crude Oil More a Torium
With the Macondo well successfully capped and the cleanup operation in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico moving into its…
Platts: Tanker Market Takes Heart From Brazil’s Rising Crude Exports
“Brazil’s rise as a crude oil exporter is helping the tanker industry as it turns into a significant source…
Brazil Scores Again
Brazil’s rapidly-expanding economy has earned it a place among the developing world’s economic powerhouses, but it is the country’s…
Bunkerworld: China’s Bunker Market Needs Reform
“China’s bunker industry needs further reform if sales in mainland ports are to reach their potential, according to an…
Driving Global Commerce
Last month, the International Energy Agency (IEA) announced that in 2009, China surpassed the United States to become the…
Oil & Gas Journal: Intertanko Forecasts Sluggish Tanker Market
“Intertanko predicts a sluggish tanker market moving forward, with lackluster economic and demand forecasts combining with use of vessels…
Fairplay: Behind the Tanker Bounce
“Asset play in the tanker sector has recovered from the freeze that followed from the credit crunch, according to…
