Reading the Tea Leaves
23 Oct 2015: Another round of oil demand growth projections. This is the time of the year that most investment…
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Tanker Opinions
Poten & Partners tanker research and consulting group monitors and analyzes tanker market and energy developments around the world and advises companies on strategy development and implementation. Below you will find our team’s Weekly Tanker Opinions. To subscribe, click here.
Erik Broekhuizen
Battle of the Benchmarks
Erik Broekhuizen
16 Oct 2015: East Coast Refiners’ Crude Sourcing. Strong growth in U.S. shale oil production in recent years has…
IT Admin
This Time it is Different
IT Admin
9 Oct 2015: The VlCC market is hot again, but for different reasons. Late last week, time charter equivalents (TCE’s),…
Erik Broekhuizen
Cloudy With a Chance of Rate Falls
Erik Broekhuizen
2 Oct 2015: The impact of lower US production on the Jones Act. The U.S. Flag tanker market has…
Erik Broekhuizen
More From Mesopotamia
Erik Broekhuizen
25 Sep 2015: Iraqi crude oil production. After OPEC decided in November 2014 to maintain market share rather than protect…
Erik Broekhuizen
Is the Dragon Cooling?
Erik Broekhuizen
18 Sep 2015: What is happening with Chinese oil demand? These days, the negative news coming out on China…
IT Admin
Tankers Keep Korean Yards Afloat
IT Admin
11 Sep 2015: Tanker orders help recoup some of the offshore losses. So far in 2015, Korea’s largest shipyards have…
IT Admin
Plugging Nigeria’s Black Hole
IT Admin
4 Sep 2015: New Nigerian Government overhauls oil industry. When Nigeria gained independence from Great Britain in 1960, the country was…
Erik Broekhuizen
Market Turm(Oil)
Erik Broekhuizen
28 Aug 2015: Impact of the volatility in the equity markets on tankers. Over the last two weeks, equity…
Erik Broekhuizen
To Beach or Not to Beach
Erik Broekhuizen
21 Aug 2015: The uncertain future of vessel recycling. Benjamin Franklin once said “in this world nothing can be…
Erik Broekhuizen
Top Dirty Tanker Routes in 2015
Erik Broekhuizen
7 Aug 2015: What are the busiest dirty spot trade routes so far this year? For many years Poten has kept…
Erik Broekhuizen
Building for the Future
Erik Broekhuizen
31 Jul 2015: Should tanker owners take advantage of low yard prices? The tanker market has been doing very…
