Driving Global Commerce
Last month, the International Energy Agency (IEA) announced that in 2009, China surpassed the United States to become the…
Tanker Opinions
The Asset Game
One can’t help but notice a disconnect between slipping freight rates, weak demand fundamentals and the surge of newbuilding…
Making Virtual A Reality
Facing a likely future of tightened environmental regulation and rising marine fuel costs, efforts are underway to standardize efficiency…
Sanctions Gain Teeth
With the enactment of a new U.S. sanctions regime earlier this month, the tanker industry has once again found…
Unwinding Subsidies
Alongside China, India has emerged as an important driver of many of the trends expected to determine the direction…
Harbinger Wind
After threatening to follow a path that some projections showed would send it through the heart of the U.S….
Public Displays
As difficult as it was to see the light just a year ago, optimism in the tanker market has…
Sustainable Demand
The rally which has brought VLCC earnings on the Arabian Gulf – Far…
Taking the Long View
As the company deals with an array of short-term challenges related to the disastrous oil spill in the U.S….
Drilling Deep
While it has been evident for weeks that the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is a transformative event for the…
Driving Towards Normality
The American summer driving season that typically kicks off with Memorial Day weekend is a period when oil and…
Far Eastern Exports?
A surge in production coinciding with Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) cuts allowed Russia to briefly assume the…
