Predicting The Unpredictable
Jan 10th, 2025:Key tanker market developments for 2025
We are continuing our annual forecasting series and for 2025, we have…
TradeWinds: Trump, tankers and tariffs: Broker Poten says 2025 predictions were a mixed bag
December 24, 2025
US broker Poten & Partners has been casting an eye over forecasts it made at the start…
TradeWinds: China’s LNG demand wanes just as global volumes start to ramp up
December 10, 2025
Poten senior LNG analyst for Asia-Pacific Irwin Yeo said on a webinar that there is a tendency…
TradeWinds: Qatar on cusp of starting its ‘challenging’ journey into LNG trading
November 26, 2025
In a webinar hosted by energy analyst Vortexa, Poten & Partners head of business intelligence Jason Feer…
TradeWinds: Venezuelan tanker exports plunge as US becomes ‘pirate of the Caribbean’
December 15, 2025
In a note titled, Pirates of the Caribbean?, US broker Poten & Partners said that despite US…
TradeWinds: LNG market set for 20 years of growth but faces demand uncertainty, Poten says
November 19, 2025
The consultant and broker’s senior editor and analyst, Meredith Freeman, said North America leads the forecast growth,…
TradeWinds: Scorpio Tankers has a second shot at VLCC ownership with newbuilding deal
November 11, 2025
The contracts brought the orderbook to around 15% of the global tanker fleet, according to brokers.
Poten &…
