Industry Opinions

12 June 2026: Iranian flows are halted, while other oil is trickling through. According to both the US and…

5 June 2026: How the Iran War rewired the refined product trade. After the U.S. – Iran war caused a…

29 May 2026: China holds the key to the tanker market. China is by far the largest crude oil importer…

22 May 2026: Canada revives plans for an additional crude export pipeline. Last week, on May 15, 2026, the provincial…

15 May 2026: Asia’s oil diversification drive can redraw global tanker routes. For many decades, mapping the oil flows in…

8 May 2026: What happens after the Strait of Hormuz reopens? It has been 69 days since the U.S. and…

1 May 2026: Venezuela’s turnaround has started. Since the end of March, the focus of the oil and tanker markets…

24 Apr 2026: Will OPEC’s influence fade or will the cartel adapt again? The crisis in the Middle East and,…

17 Apr 2026: Middle East crisis has made the U.S. the marginal supplier. The crisis in the Middle East and…

10 Apr 2026: The Strait of Hormuz will never be the same. Prior to the conflict between the US, Israel…

27 Mar 2026: The unprecedented gyrations in the freight market. In 1980, legendary rockstar Ozzy Osbourne wrote the heavy metal…

20 Mar 2026: What will be the impact of the 60-day waiver? On March 18, 2026, the Trump administration announced the…