Another Refinery Retires
Oct 18th, 2024:U.S. West Coast crude and product flows will be impacted
On October 16, Phillips 66, the 4th largest…
Smooth Sailing
Oct 11th, 2024:Taking stock of the TMX expansion
The Trans Mountain Expansion (TMX) pipeline exported its first crude oil cargo…
Tankers In Turmoil?
Oct 4th, 2024:A conflict is brewing in the Middle East
The Middle East has been a source of tension and…
TradeWinds: Opec disconnect: Poten & Partners asks if more oil on the water will translate to higher rates
August 11, 2025
What Opec says and what it does when it comes to production, quotas and exports are all…
TradeWinds: Iraq-Turkey pipeline reopening giving suezmaxes and aframaxes potential boost
October 6, 2025
Poten & Partners head of tanker research Erik Broekhuizen argued it was unlikely suezmaxes would load…
TradeWinds: Buoyant VLCC market powers overall shipping earnings to highest level in two years
September 21, 2025
Analysts at US brokerage Poten & Partners explained that VLCC rates reaching $100,000 per day provided one…