Tanker Research and Consulting

Tanker Research and Consulting

Poten & Partners tanker research and consulting group monitors and analyzes tanker market and energy developments around the world and advises companies on strategy development and implementation.

Our firm assists companies in the development of marine transportation strategies, downstream project analysis and tanker market outlooks. Our team combines extensive industry experience with leading market intelligence to deliver in-depth studies and effective recommendations. With backgrounds in marine transportation planning, finance and economics, our consultants are uniquely positioned to develop short and long-term studies for clean product and crude tankers as well as specialized analyses on the regulatory changes impacting tanker owners, oil companies, traders and other industry participants.

In addition, our team is frequently called upon to prepare pricing analyses, global supply and demand projections, and tailored market analyses for leading energy companies and major world governments.

Our services include:

• Market analysis, long and short term forecasting and special studies in industry trends
• Rate & Price outlooks for each of the crude oil and product tanker segments
• Regional analysis of trade volumes, commodity supply and demand trends, pricing and contracts
• Historical rate & price assessments
• Detailed analysis of reported spot fixtures by region and vessel segment
• Tanker chartering strategy development and implementation
• Weekly Tanker Opinion