Marinelink: Thinking Outside the MR Tankership Rate Triangle
“Although US refined products exports largely underpin medium-range (MR) product tanker demand in the Atlantic Basin, there is little…
Platts LNG Daily: China’s Demand Depends on Shale – Poten
“LNG demand growth in China depends on how successfully the country can developing its shale resources, but that development…
Tradewinds: Gunvor Numbers Inch Up
“Last year Clearlake was the eighth largest spot charterer of dirty tankers, according to figures compiled by Poten &…
Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide: LPG Shipping on a Rally Mode
“According to its latest report, Poten & Partners noted that ‘while the large crude oil tankers slip into what…
Fairplay: VLGCs on a Roll Amid High Orderbook
“Owners of very large gas carriers may be enjoying record-high earnings but they should be wary of the growing…
Gulf Times: Asia LNG Prices Set to Rise as Premium at 2-year Low
“The current Asian premium isn’t high enough to attract LNG cargoes from Nigeria and Trinidad, the biggest suppliers of…
Fairplay: US-Flag Crude Transport Hits Local Product Markets
“Poten and Partners described Florida as a balancing point between US and foreign freight rates. It noted that freight…
Hellenic Shipping News: Tanker Owners Should not Bet All-in in Chinese Oil Market Warns Analyst
“China’s importance as a consumer of raw materials for the shipping markets, both dry bulk, as well as tanker,…
Ship & Bunker: Fuel Costs Push LNG Bunker Development
“‘The relative low price of natural gas and LNG compared to current high residual bunker and distillate fuel prices…
Lloyd’s List: Euronav’s Rodgers takes Helm at International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation
“Many improvements in procedures, vetting standards and operational safety were initiated as a result of the Exxon Valdez spill,…
