Industry Opinions

08 Jan 2016:  Top Reported Dirty Spot Charterers for 2015  When reviewing our latest rankings, nobody will be surprised…

31 Dec 2015: As 2015 draws to a close and the Worldscale Organisation published the new 2016 Flat Rates,…

18 Dec 2015:  U.S. crude oil exports will change the oil and tanker market.  In the highly unlikely scenario…

11 Dec 2015: The impact on the tanker market of lifting Iranian sanctions.  It doesn’t look like the world…

4 Dec 2015: Global crude oil production has increased over the last year, even though prices have declined significantly over…

20 Nov 2015: Currently, Canada produces a total of about 4 million barrels of crude oil per day (Mb/d)….

13 Nov 2015: As the end of the year approaches, companies are looking at their financial performance and their balance…

06 Nov 2015: Refining capacity in Asia has been growing rapidly for many years. Not surprisingly, the vast majority of…

30-Oct-2015: 中国 , The Middle Kingdom Opens Up – Since the early 2000’s, China developed into an important player in the…

23 Oct 2015: Another round of oil demand growth projections. This is the time of the year that most investment…

16 Oct 2015: East Coast Refiners’ Crude Sourcing.  Strong growth in U.S. shale oil production in recent years has…