Charter Rates for Short Term Fixtures Fall Back In 2008
An estimated 63 single cargo and short-term shipping fixtures were negotiated last year, on par with the tally for…
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Shipyards Face Major Challenge As Orders For LNG New Build Dry Up
A ten-year boom in LNG shipping ground to a halt in 2008. Only five newbuilds and one production hull…
Rising US Gas Flow Highlight LNG Export Potential
Conceptual studies on the technical and commercial feasibility of liquefying excess gas output on the US Gulf Coast for…
Media Mentions
Marine & Offshore Bureau Veritas: Podcast Shaping a Better Maritime World
June 24th, 2022
The current geopolitical situation has led to a growing demand for floating storage…
TradeWinds News: Geopolitics set to determine VLCC medium-term prospects, says Poten
June 27, 2022
Geopolitics and China’s renewed battle with Covid will continue to provide uncertainty for…
TradeWinds News: Europe’s new FSRUs could become stranded assets if LNG pressure mounts
June 23, 2022
New floating storage and regasification units being positioned in Europe risk becoming stranded…
Events
Tanker Opinions
Scrapping To The Rescue?
2 Feb 2018;
The tanker market has started 2018 in the doldrums. One of the main reasons for the depressed…
RIN-sanity Returns
26 Jan 2018;
Last weekend, Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES), the largest oil refinery on the U.S. East Coast, filed for…
Non OPEC Non US: No Problem
19 Jan 2018;
Over the last couple of years, two topics have dominated the oil (and by extension the tanker)…
LNG & Natural Gas Opinions
Weekly Asphalt Headlines
Asphalt Weekly Monitor
21 Dec 2018
- East Coast retail asphalt prices and flux were static going into the holiday weekend.
- East Coast asphalt barge…
Asphalt Weekly Monitor
14 Dec 2018
- East Coast retail asphalt prices slip in some areas, with retail flux pricing unchanged.
- East Coast asphalt and…
Asphalt Weekly Monitor
07 Dec 2018
- East Coast retail asphalt and flux prices decline in most areas to start December.
- East Coast asphalt barge…
