The Down and Dirty: 2009’s Top Charterers
With refinery utilizations low and volumes on long-haul trade routes sapped by a 2 million barrel per day drop…
Tanker Opinions
The Roaring 00’s
As a painful year draws to a close, it is worth remembering that the end of 2009 also caps…
Stocking Slippage
This time last year, the tanker market found itself partially insulated from the pressures being felt in other shipping…
Can This Ever Work ?
In a press release for its Annual Energy Outlook, the Energy Information Administration…
Still in the Dark in Denmark
In the weeks and months leading up to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in Copenhagen,…
Surviving Whammies
US refiners are being forced to deal with dismal margins brought about by…
Talking Turkey
For many in the tanker industry, 2009 has been a tough year. Shipowners and charterers alike can commiserate about…
Already in Ship Shape
Late last month, a malfunctioning valve on the barge supplying a product tanker reportedly caused it to spill between…
Tanker Prospects 2010 – 2014
Any attempt to project the course of the tanker market between now and 2014 must confront its position at…
Leveraging Flat Rates
Each year, the Worldscale Association adjusts the flat rates which serve as the starting point for negotiating the cost…
Trick or Treat?
As the Halloween holiday comes creeping in, many shipowners find themselves wondering if the next few weeks will bring…
Barrels Bound East
The rapid growth of China’s oil demand has forced a transition from self-sufficiency enjoyed in the early 1990s toward…
