That Sinking Feeling
21 Sep 2018;
On May 8, President Trump announced the U.S. withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal. After a grace…
Railway To Heaven
14 Sep 2018;
Large oceangoing tankers are generally considered the most cost-efficient way to move crude oil over long distances…
Keeping An Eye On The Hurricanes
7 Sep 2018;
This week, tropical storm Gordon, the first major weather event of the 2018 hurricane season, carved through…
Transportation Costs With 2020 Vision
31 Aug 2018;
So far, the discussion around the implementation of IMO’s low sulphur bunker fuel mandate (“IMO 2020”) has…
Panama Tankers
24 Aug 2018;
On June 26th, 2016 the container ship “COSCO Shipping Panama” was the first vessel that officially passed…
Indonesia Talks Turkey
17 AUG 2018;
The financial crisis in Turkey has created sharp fluctuations in the value of the Turkish Lira and…
Build Them And They Will Come?
10 Aug 2018;
U.S. crude oil exports have been on a tear since the crude oil export ban was lifted…
Record Refining Runs
3 Aug 2018;
In their latest weekly petroleum report, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) noted that U.S. refineries are…
Saudi Surrounded
27 Jul 2018;
On Wednesday, July 25, Yemeni Houthi militia attacked two Saudi VLCCs after they passed through the Bab…
To Scrap or to Scrub?
20 Jul 2018;
Tanker scrapping has been on an upswing this year and in a recent interview, an executive from…
