TradeWinds: Opec disconnect: Poten & Partners asks if more oil on the water will translate to higher rates
August 11, 2025
What Opec says and what it does when it comes to production, quotas and exports are all…
TradeWinds: Iraq-Turkey pipeline reopening giving suezmaxes and aframaxes potential boost
October 6, 2025
Poten & Partners head of tanker research Erik Broekhuizen argued it was unlikely suezmaxes would load…
TradeWinds: Buoyant VLCC market powers overall shipping earnings to highest level in two years
September 21, 2025
Analysts at US brokerage Poten & Partners explained that VLCC rates reaching $100,000 per day provided one…
TradeWinds: US reaction to price cap crucial as EU tanker sanctions prove ineffective, broker says
July 21, 2025
The bloc announced sweeping new measures on Friday, including a lower and automatically re-adjusted price cap on…
TradeWinds: Unipec’s crude tanker first-half fixtures more than double any rivals
July 14, 2025
New figures from US shipbroker Poten & Partners show China’s Unipec has maintained its big lead as…
TradeWinds: Tanker recycling could be driven by Indian scrap metal demand, Poten says
June 30, 2025
Beyond an ageing fleet, another factor may drive tanker recycling in the coming years following the adoption…
TradeWinds: Iran-US nuclear deal impasse presents best-case scenario for tanker markets
May 21, 2025
A handful of those vessels could come from the National Iranian Tanker Co, but just 12 of…
TradeWinds: ‘Small-scale LNG boom’ emerging in Latin America, Poten says
May 22, 2025
Latin America is experiencing rising interest in the use of small-scale LNG, according to a broker and…
TradeWinds: US-Iran deal holds promise for tankers, as ageing NITC fleet remains a sticking point
May 19, 2025
A renewed agreement between Washington and Tehran would boost the amount of oil on the water and…
TradeWinds: US LNG producers get jittery on demand as China looks elsewhere for supply
April 28, 2025
Companies such as US-listed Venture Global have said they intend to use the permitting tailwinds to expand…