Industry Opinions

For most of the past decade, China has been the saving grace for the tanker, and other, shipping markets….

The market landscape for crude oil and refined product trades has an inherent element of shifting sand, presenting an…

Despite a recently released environmental impact study with a more favorable than expected outcome for would-be shippers, it remains…

The past few weeks have proven to be a wild ride for the Aframax sector. Although freight rates are…

Capital from private equity firms has been markedly reshaping financing options for shipowners. Recently, much has been said about…

Over the past few years US domestic crude oil production has supplanted foreign crude oil imports. To the extent…

The rankings for the top charterers of 2013 remain largely unchanged from last year with number one seed Unipec…

Caribbean crude oil has historically been a main feedstock for US Gulf Coast refineries. However, the recent surge in…

The time of year has come for the Worldscale Association to publish its schedule of nominal freight rates, “flat…