Industry Opinions

This Memorial Day weekend could be poised to bring late spring tidings to product tanker owners trading in the…

The increase in domestic crude oil production is widely reported to have flipped US import requirements on their heads. While…

In general, it is difficult to engender sympathy for shipowners. To market insiders, the plight might be somewhat easier,…

When thinking about the prognosis for tanker demand growth, the most immediate threat, second to the construction of a canal,…

Trade growth where it may be least expected. The staggering decline in crude oil trade volumes between West Africa…

Although US refined products exports largely underpin medium-range (MR) product tanker demand in the Atlantic Basin, there is little…

While the large crude oil tankers slip into what seems like a second quarter slumber, buzz continues to build…

A recent, This Week In Petroleum, published by the US Department of Energy’s Energy Information Agency (EIA) suggested that…

This week marks the 25th anniversary of the infamous Exxon Valdez oil spill, an accident that would forever shape…

The spate of newbuilding activity across different tanker sectors could be evidence that a lemming-like approach to supply analysis…