Poten Report: Charter Rates Rise On Tight Availability
An extremely tight LNG shipping market with “zero structural availability” has driven charter rates to record levels over $100,000…
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Brazil Hikes LNG Imports On Southern Drought
Brazil is back in the spot market after a relatively quiet 2011, with recent buying activity from state-owned Petrobras…
US Export Applications Soar as LNG Interest Builds
Export applications totaling over 13 Bcf/d have now been received by the US Department of Energy from eight separate…
Media Mentions
TradeWinds News: VLCC asset price spike not a repeat of 2008 ‘super-cycle’, says Poten
August 1, 2022
VLCC newbuilding and secondhand prices have been on the rise lately, but this…
Riviera Maritime Media: Growing disparity in earnings across shipping sectors
July 28, 2022
“Is the VLCC sector still the lead indicator for the tanker fleet?” asked…
Events
Tanker Opinions
Sanctions – Extreme Edition
6 Jul 2018;
Most analysts, including ourselves in our Weekly Opinion of May 11 (“Iran Sanctions Snap Back”), expected…
Tanker Midterms
29 Jun 2018;
We have reached the middle of the year. It is time to take stock of the fixture…
Collateral Damage
22-Jun-2018: As part of the ongoing effort by the U.S. administration to negotiate improved trade arrangements with China, the U.S…
LNG & Natural Gas Opinions
Weekly Asphalt Headlines
Asphalt Weekly Monitor
10 May 2019
- East Coast retail asphalt prices mostly steady, with flux prices unchanged this week.
- Wholesale asphalt barge pricing…
Asphalt Weekly Monitor
3 May 2019
- East Coast retail asphalt and flux prices were moatly higher in the region this week.
- Wholesale asphalt…
Asphalt Weekly Monitor
26 Apr 2019
- The Asphalt Institute held its Spring Meeting in New York, New York this week.
- East Coast retail asphalt…
