Tanker Opinions

The decades to come will see an increasing focus on limiting the environmental impact of worldwide energy demand growth…

This summer, deteriorating conditions in the spot tanker market have encouraged some vessel owners to seek protection in term-charters….

The Memorial Day kickoff to the summer driving season offered hope that 2010 would see a step towards normalization…

Recent weeks have seen earnings on benchmark tanker voyages threaten to break below operating costs amid an oversupply of…

With the Macondo well successfully capped and the cleanup operation in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico moving into its…

Brazil’s rapidly-expanding economy has earned it a place among the developing world’s economic powerhouses, but it is the country’s…

Last month, the International Energy Agency (IEA) announced that in 2009, China surpassed the United States to become the…

One can’t help but notice a disconnect between slipping freight rates, weak demand fundamentals and the surge of newbuilding…

Facing a likely future of tightened environmental regulation and rising marine fuel costs, efforts are underway to standardize efficiency…

With the enactment of a new U.S. sanctions regime earlier this month, the tanker industry has once again found…