In-dia for the Long Haul
The high crude oil price environment seen in 2011 has raised concern that inflationary pressure could interfere with the…
Uncle Sam Slight of Hand
The move this week by President Obama and his administration to release Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) crude oil should…
Yard Trips Sink Ships
Public companies, private equity groups and new entrants to the shipping markets convened at various finance conferences this week…
Pier Pressure
The proposed project to expand Pier 400 – Berth 408 in the port of Los Angeles has engendered a…
Baby, It’s a Wild World
2011 is shaping up to be quite the year. We managed to escape the End of Days, but a…
Cover Your Asset
The low earnings and high bunker prices seen in the market as of late have created a challenging financial…
OPEC Pickle
The past three years have produced an extremely volatile crude oil market, as prices have waivered up and down…
Yukon Trail-Off
Since their discovery in 1968, Alaska’s North Slope fields have produced 16.2 billion barrels of crude oil, and have…
M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I
The Mississippi River is America’s largest contiguous waterway, and a vital transportation way for the domestic petroleum supply chain….
The Missing Link
As highlighted in the last Weekly Tanker Opinion, Royal Flush, weakness in the crude oil freight markets continues to…
