Pakistan Plans More Terminals as Demand Expected to Surge
12 Oct 2016: A month after finalizing a second floating storage-and-regasification unit (FSRU), Pakistan is looking to add two…
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2015 Paris Climate Conference to Affect Imports into Largest LNG Markets
18 Oct 2016: In December 2015 at the Paris Climate Conference, 196 countries made pledges — most of them…
Short-Term Contracts Help Japan Deal With Demand Uncertainty
12 Oct 2016: Japanese LNG importers are beginning to rely on short-term contracts as it gets more difficult to…
Media Mentions
Hellenic Shipping News: Explosive market demand boosts China’s LNG shipbuilding
September 28, 2022
“Just one LNG tanker is available to be chartered for a single voyage…
Reuters: Gas crisis lands LNG cargo market in hands of energy giants
September 27, 2022
Shell and TotalEnergies are estimated to have a combined portfolio of 110 million…
TradeWinds News: Ukraine and state of global economy to dictate strength of VLCC rally, says Poten
September 26, 2022
Events in Ukraine and the state of the global economy will likely determine…
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Tanker Opinions
Back to Square One
10 May 2019: After the tanker freight market recovered in the fourth quarter of 2018, most analysts (including ourselves) expected…
Russian Roulette for Refiners
3 May 2019: Last week, reports surfaced that Russian Urals crude flowing through the Druzhba pipeline was contaminated with organic…
Waivers, No More
26 Apr 2019: On Monday April 22, the U.S. announced that it will not extend the sanctions waivers when they…
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Asphalt Weekly Monitor
14 Feb 2020
- The rack activity on the East Coast is limited. Retail prices were mostly steady this week.
- East Coast…
Asphalt Weekly Monitor
7 Feb 2020
- Rack activity remains slow on the East Coast, with retail pricing firmer in many areas.
- East Coast asphalt…
Asphalt Weekly Monitor
31 Jan 2020
- Rack activity sluggish on the East Coast, with retail pricing holding steady.
- East Coast asphalt and flux barge…
