Reuters: Iran’s 40 Million Barrels Stored at Sea Hangs Over Oil Market
15 Jun 2015: “Broker Poten & Partners estimated 17 VLCC tankers were being used to store Iranian oil.”
Hellenic Shipping News: Poten and Partners: Uh-oh Canada …
15 Jun 2015: “On Tuesday, June 9, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) released their latest annual forecast…
Seatrade Maritime News: Has Tanker Tonne-Mile Increased?
8 Jun 2015: “With freight rates in the tanker shipping market displaying strength, especially since the world is experiencing…
Tradewinds: Poten Certain LNG Shipping is Sailing to Balanced Future
05 Jun 2015: “Gas broker and consultants Poten & Partners forecasts that the LNG shipping market is likely to…
Lloyd’s List: Nor-Shipping 2015: Owners are Haemorrhaging Money on Idle LNG Ships
04 Jun 2015: “The situation is made worse by a new wave of vessels that have been ordered speculatively,…
Hellenic Shipping News: Tanker Market to Benefit from Growing African Oil Product Trades
26 May 2015: “In a recent report, shipbroker and analyst Poten & Partners, noted that over the past five…
Tradewinds: Africa’s Clean Tanker Promise
15 May 2015: “Poten estimates roughly 1,000 clean tanker fixtures into sub-Saharan Africa this year, up from less than…
Arabian Supply Chain: More Than a Third of Storage VLCCs are in Arabian Gulf
14 May 2015: “The vast majority of new charter contracts for VLCC oil tankers are for the floating storage…
MarineLink: Floating Storage Picks Up
11 May 2015: “Surprisingly, it seems that the use of VLCCs for floating storage has increased in recent weeks,…
World Maritime News: Poten & Partners: Utilization of VLCCs for Storage on the Rise
11 May 2015: “More vessels are being used to store crude oil based on a recent report by Poten…