Fairplay: Behind Oil Market’s Jitters
“Fairplay reported on the recent fall in crude prices and the continuing uncertainty associated with the the Russia-Ukraine gas…
Asphalt Weekly Monitor
- Winter conditions halt asphalt-related work in much of Canada and US.
- Wholesale paving asphalt prices remained steady this week in…
Your Opinion
Welcome to Poten’s first interactive Weekly Tanker Opinion. Several critical issues are already on the radar for the coming…
Tradewinds: Shell Stays Top
“Shell has hung onto its crown as the largest spot charterer of oil tankers. It fought off competition from…
Bloomberg: Shell Keeps Top Ranking as Hirer of Crude-Oil Tankers
“Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Europe’s largest oil company, maintained its ranking as the largest hirer of tankers in the…
Lloyds List: Oil Giants Top Dirty Tanker Charter Table
“Shell, ExxonMobil and BP remained the world’s largest charterers of dirty tankers in 2008, responsible for 17% of all…
Tankerworld: Unipec Pips Exxonmobil as Top Spot Charterer
“‘Overall reported VLCC spot market activity is down 8% from 2007”. . . For the suezmax class, despite a…
Bloomberg TV: Storing Oil at Sea
“Jeff Goetz of Poten & Partners was interviewed by Bloomberg TV regarding the contango market in crude oil and…
Asphalt Weekly Monitor
- Major East Coast supplier reduces rack prices, effective February 1.
- Some Gulf Coast region retail rack prices decline.
- Most US wholesale…