Support for the Jones Act ‘Waivering’?
15 Sep 2017; On September 13, Elaine Duke, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Acting Secretary extended the limited Jones…
Fire And Fury
8 Sep 2017; In recent weeks and months, North Korea has never been far from the headlines. Tensions were…
Houston, We Have A Problem
1 Sep 2017; Hurricane Harvey, the most powerful storm to hit the U.S. in more than a decade, made landfall…
Saudi Arabia Rules The Waves
25 Aug 2017; Saudi Arabia is the largest oil producer in OPEC, accounting for about 30% of total OPEC crude…
Same Old Suezmax Market
18 Aug 2017: Poten monitors the Suezmax market for its customers on an ongoing basis. Our Suezmax desk looks…
Special Summer Sale
11 Aug 2017: We are in the middle of the dog days of summer. As there is very little going…
Libya Primes The Pump
4 Aug 2017: On April 8, 2016, we wrote a Poten Tanker Opinion about Libya entitled “More From the…
Keeping Exports In The LOOP
28 Jul 2017: The announcement this week that Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP) is thinking about getting involved in…
Caribbean Tankers in Trouble?
21 Jul 2017: On Monday, July 17 U.S. President Trump stated that “The United States will not stand by…
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
14 Jul 2017: As the tanker market suffers through its typical summer doldrums,…