The Return of the “Double Exponential”
For the first time in 20 years we are seeing the re-emergence of…
Nigeria Slipping Away
Suppliers in Oman, Nigeria, Trinidad and Australia have commissioned no less than five trains…
Shipyard Prices: Up, Up and Away?
While most of the interest in the tanker market may focus on rates,…
Greeks and Norwegians Talk Ships
The Twelfth Annual Shipping Conference of the Hellenic and the Norwegian-American Chambers of Commerce…
Iran – On a Collision Course
The United Nations Security Council may take up the issue of trade sanctions…
Now Batting Clean Up….
The review each year of the largest charterers for both clean products and crude…
Worldscale Flat Up!
The development of the “Worldscale” rate system is an extremely useful convention for chartering…
The Tallest and the Strongest
Now that the 2005 National Championship College Football (American style) have been settled its time to look at the…
OPEC on OPEC
OPEC’s website (www.opec.org) has a lot of interesting information on its plans to expand…