Global Trade Increases to 244 MMt, Breaking Two-Year Stagnation
17 Feb 2015: Preliminary data is showing that global trade reached 244 MMt in 2014 a new annual record…
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Oil Price Slide Threatens LNG Funding Surge
12 Feb 2015: LNG financing activity maintained strong momentum through to the end of 2014, with transactions totalling a…
Construction Under Way At Four US Liquefaction Projects
22 Dec 2014: When the US Department of Energy gave Freeport LNG its final blessing on November 14 to…
Media Mentions
Natural Gas Intelligence: LNG Buyers Said Still Hunting for U.S. Volumes, but Project Costs, Complications Are Rising
September 23, 2022
The market dynamics that have helped boost U.S. LNG export projects since the…
Natural Gas Intelligence: Increase in Suez Canal Transit Fees Unlikely to Impact LNG Trade Flows
September 22, 2022
Jason Feer, global head of business intelligence at shipbroker Poten & Partners, agrees…
TradeWinds News: Crude tanker trade hammered as Australasian imports drop more than 50%
September 22, 2022
US shipbroker Poten & Partners has calculated a more than 50% reduction in…
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Tanker Opinions
OPEC+, OPEC- or NOPEC
24 May 2019: OPEC production has always been a significant driver of tanker demand and rate volatility. Most of its…
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…
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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…
