Capitalizing Together
The buzz of finance in shipping returned to the Metropolitan Club in New York City this past Thursday as…
Industry Opinions
No More Fueling Around
When the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) discusses options for regulating marine emissions…
O PEC-ing Away
When the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) meets next week in Vienna, they will help formulate a consensus…
Kuwait Bucks Peak Oil
The combined effect of a weaker oil price environment and the overall decline in worldwide oil consumption has created…
Australian LNG Projects Face Labor Constraints
With Australia set to dominate the next wave of liquefaction projects, concerns have once again emerged about the ability…
China’s Bright Horizon
China’s growing reliance on seabourne crude oil imports will set the tone of the tanker market for the coming…
The Storage Story
Use of tankers as floating storage has seemed to consistently capture the attention of those in the tanker and…
Cleaning Upwards for a Decade
At the turn of the millennium, India’s crude oil refinery capacity stood at…
LNG: Cold Spell Raises UK Infrastructure Concerns
In recent years as the European Union debated ways to decrease its dependence on Russian pipeline supplies, the UK’s…
In Like A Tiger…
In the opening of 2010, the freight market has acted like a tiger…
Clean Sweepers: 2009’s Top Clean Charterers
Reported spot fixture activity in 2009 for clean petroleum products picked up noticeably…
Holy 2010!
Just when it seemed like the tanker market was poised to hobble along for another year, reported spot market…
