Industry Opinions

1 Feb 2019; 

For many years the product flows in the Atlantic Basin were fairly predictable.  The United States produced…

25 Jan 2019; 

On Wednesday, Mr. Juan Guaido, the head of the country’s National Assembly, declared himself interim president of…

18 Jan 2019; 

The new Mexican president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) was inaugurated on December 1^st 2018.  He vowed…

11 Jan 2019; The news from China has been mostly negative in recent weeks. One report after another seems to…

In the latest ranking of the largest dirty spot charterers we observe some small changes.  Not at the top,…

14 December 2018: One of the challenges in the container shipping industry is the need to reposition empty containers (“empties”)…

7 Dec 2018; 

It is December and another OPEC production cut is around the corner.  The latest reports from Vienna…

30 November 2018: Worldscale is preparing to release its new flat rates for 2019.  Just like last year, and for…

16 Nov 2018; On Friday, 16 November 2018, the Government of Iraq restarted exports of Kirkuk crude oil through the…