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.

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CITGO: GOING GOING GONE?

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A sale of PDVSA’s Citgo refining assets could dramatically change crude oil flows. According to various sources, Venezuelan state oil…
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To Asia with Love

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Growing Caribbean exports to Asia create a tighter VLCC market in the US Gulf. Back in March 2001, a VLCC…
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Mind the Gap!

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Poten will start assessing TC rates for both ECO and non-ECO vessels. In 2011, as rising crude oil prices pushed…
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Dig, Dig, Dig Señora

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While infrastructure projects, especially canals, bear a certain element of inherent skepticism, their impact on global trade flows should…
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An Issue of Sulf-Deprecation

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Throughout the past decade, the worldwide fuel de-sulfurization effort has permeated many industries, not the least of which is…
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Turn Down For What?

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In general, the seasonality of the tanker market typically leads to weaker spot market rates in the mid-late summer…
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