Super-Size Me
22 Feb 2019 : Crude oil exports from the U.S. Gulf continue to increase as tight oil production grows. The…
Down But Not Out
15 Feb 2019: Over the last 10-15 years the focus in world oil markets has been on Asian demand in…
Fuel Fight
1 Feb 2019;
For many years the product flows in the Atlantic Basin were fairly predictable. The United States produced…
Face-off in Venezuela
25 Jan 2019;
On Wednesday, Mr. Juan Guaido, the head of the country’s National Assembly, declared himself interim president of…
Running Out Of Gas (and Diesel)
18 Jan 2019;
The new Mexican president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) was inaugurated on December 1st 2018. He vowed…
The China Conundrum
11 Jan 2019; The news from China has been mostly negative in recent weeks. One report after another seems to…
It’s Lonely At The Top
In the latest ranking of the largest dirty spot charterers we observe some small changes. Not at the top,…
Repositioning “Empties”
14 December 2018: One of the challenges in the container shipping industry is the need to reposition empty containers (“empties”)…
A Deal Is Done
7 Dec 2018;
It is December and another OPEC production cut is around the corner. The latest reports from Vienna…
