The Road To Recovery
2 Aug 2019: Tanker contracting slows amid challenging rate environment
There is a strong correlation between tanker newbuilding activity and…
North Sea On The Rise Again
26 Jul 2019: In recent years, the airwaves have been dominated by the growth in U.S. crude oil production and…
Navigating The Hurricane Season
19-Jul-2019: Last weekend we saw Barry, the first major storm of the U.S. hurricane season, make landfall close to…
LPG in World Markets: Spanish Imports Rising on Petchem Demand, Lower Production
LPG in World Markets
July 2019
Spanish LPG imports were up by 15% in 1Q 2019 from the same period in…
Navigating Geopolitics
12 Jul 2019: Geopolitical tension and the tanker market are linked, because there is typically a close relationship between geopolitical…
Tanker Midterms
June 28 2019: We have reached the middle of the year, so it is time to take stock of…
Refinery Fire Sparks Tanker Rally
June 21 2019: U.S. oil industry news is usually dominated by reporting on shale oil, Permian crude production and…
Tanker Wars 2.0?
June 14 2019: Two oil tankers, the 110,000 dwt LR2 Front Altair (built 2016) and the 27,000 dwt product…
Asian Spot Prices Fall Below $5 per MMBtu; European US Prices also Drop
30 May 2019
Asian spot prices have fallen below $5/ MMBtu and are trading in the mid-$4s for cargoes delivered…
Dark Clouds or Silver Lining?
June 7 2019: Until recently, the consensus view on crude prices, oil supply and demand as well as tanker rates,…
