Dieselizing the USA
As US motorists continue to cope with their gasoline addiction, some are being lured to a different designer fuel…
Tanker Opinions
Bill Me Later
The past couple of weeks have been quite tumultuous in the United States financial markets. The wild ride was…
Burgeoning Bunkers
The growing industry awareness of air quality and emissions in the world’s ports…
Supremely Safe Sailing
The Alaskan crude oil spill in 1989 that spawned the era of double-hulled tankers has also embroiled ExxonMobil in…
Clean Sweep
The complexity of the clean product trade can be seen by looking at the diversity of trades that have…
In Memorian: Morris Louis Feder
Today’s business world seems to be getting ever more competitive, litigious and fast-paced -…
Charterer Smackdown
One of the more succinct summaries of 2007 could be stated as “December…
The Freight Factor
This week crude oil prices touched the $100 per barrel mark and have…
Peak Month Theory
As the split-second when unseen electrons magically switch the date in our computers…
Flatter Flat Rates
Each year, the Worldscale Association publishes its assessment of nominal freight rates for…
