To Asia with Love
Growing Caribbean exports to Asia create a tighter VLCC market in the US Gulf. Back in March 2001, a VLCC…
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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.
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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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Another Storage Play in the Bay?
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Enter Tankers from Stage Left. During the last few days, various articles in the oil and shipping press have hinted…
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Slip…N’ Slide into Better Times
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Although the Caribbean market for Aframaxes has taken a precipitous tumble this week, other tanker segments have maintained healthy…
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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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Lock, Stock a Barrel: The Return of Contango?
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The swirl of political events and policy changes over the past few weeks has churned out mixed results for…
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Ain’t That the Cure for the Summertime Blues
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It seems that there is somewhat of a renewed optimism in the tanker market. Whether it is warranted or…
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Another Rumble in the Jungle
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Although the last of the African soccer teams have left the World Cup in the round of 16, the…
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Redefining Refining: Separating Condensate from Crude Oil
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This week’s kerfuffle was prompted by a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) article that boldly claimed: “The Obama administration cleared the…
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Eastbound or Down
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Although the term ‘energy independence’ has significantly receded from US policy vernacular since the advent of shale oil and…
