The Road to Recovery
At the onset of the financial crisis last year, the fourth quarter of 2009 was targeted as the likely…
Tanker Opinions
Single and Waiting to Mingle
Heading into the fourth quarter, it is becoming apparent that 2009 is not shaping up to be the pivotal…
Winds of Change for Marine Bunker Fuel Regulations
At the moment, the specter of tightening regulation is a fact of life across nearly every niche of the…
Reading Tea Leaves
After last year’s sudden and dramatic wrecking of the world’s economies, the sterling perception…
Going With the Flow
Last week, 500,000 bbls of Colombian Castilla blend crude oil flowed through the Petroterminal de Panama (PTP) pipeline in…
Top Dollar for the Bottom of the Barrel
The cost of bunker fuel has always been a central component of determining a tanker’s earnings, and in recent…
No Country for Oil Men
In March, Henry A. Waxman of the Energy and Commerce Committee and Edward J. Markey of the Energy and…
Amped for Electric
A smiley‐faced electrical socket stood in for the zero on a banner announcing…
Proposing to Iran
The building tension within the borders of Iran is creating a challenge for…
California Dreaming
The California State Assembly has managed to fend off an attempt by a private offshore oil production and exploration…
Power in Numbers
As if an extension of the arm of US bureaucracy, the tanker market is slugging along relentlessly with freight…
Between Iraq and a Hard Place
In recent weeks, Iraq has made headlines again; however this time not because of casualties, war or civil strife. …
