Tanker Opinions

25 May 2018; 

Memorial Day weekend marks the beginning of the “summer driving season” in the U.S.  In addition to…

18 May 2018; 

In December 2015, president Obama lifted the ban on U.S. crude oil exports, which had been in…

11 May 2018; 

To nobody’s surprise, President Trump decided to withdraw the United States from the 2015 international nuclear deal…

4 May 2018; 

Russian crude oil production and exports have been in the news lately.  It is being reported that…

27 Apr 2018; 

While the tanker market has remained in the doldrums so far this year, demolition has picked up…

20 Apr 2018; 

During the most recent session of its Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), which took place from April…

13 Apr 2018; For any product or commodity to be successful in the marketplace, it is important that it can…

6 Apr 2018; For most of this decade, Iranian oil production and exports have been reduced due to international sanctions,…

23 Mar 2018; The rapid growth of U.S. crude oil production and (more recently) the rise of crude oil exports…

16 Mar 2018; The expression “history repeats itself” is very appropriate in the shipping markets. Seasonality and market cycles usually…

9-Mar-2018: The overall tone of “Oil 2018”, the latest IEA annual forecast of global oil demand, supply, refining and trade…

2 Mar 2018: Back in 2014, when oil prices were well above $100 per barrel, analysts regularly talked about a geopolitical…