Industry Opinions

A sale of PDVSA’s Citgo refining assets could dramatically change crude oil flows. According to various sources, Venezuelan state oil…

Will the 2014/15 winter tanker market be a repeat of the previous one? As the regular US baseball season is…

Growing Caribbean exports to Asia create a tighter VLCC market in the US Gulf. Back in March 2001, a VLCC…

Poten will start assessing TC rates for both ECO and non-ECO vessels. In 2011, as rising crude oil prices pushed…

Enter Tankers from Stage Left. During the last few days, various articles in the oil and shipping press have hinted…

Although the Caribbean market for Aframaxes has taken a precipitous tumble this week, other tanker segments have maintained healthy…

While infrastructure projects, especially canals, bear a certain element of inherent skepticism, their impact on global trade flows should…

Throughout the past decade, the worldwide fuel de-sulfurization effort has permeated many industries, not the least of which is…

In general, the seasonality of the tanker market typically leads to weaker spot market rates in the mid-late summer…

The swirl of political events and policy changes over the past few weeks has churned out mixed results for…