Fairplay: Behind Oil Market’s Jitters
“Fairplay reported on the recent fall in crude prices and the continuing uncertainty associated with the the Russia-Ukraine gas…
Tradewinds: Shell Stays Top
“Shell has hung onto its crown as the largest spot charterer of oil tankers. It fought off competition from…
Bloomberg: Shell Keeps Top Ranking as Hirer of Crude-Oil Tankers
“Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Europe’s largest oil company, maintained its ranking as the largest hirer of tankers in the…
Lloyds List: Oil Giants Top Dirty Tanker Charter Table
“Shell, ExxonMobil and BP remained the world’s largest charterers of dirty tankers in 2008, responsible for 17% of all…
Tankerworld: Unipec Pips Exxonmobil as Top Spot Charterer
“‘Overall reported VLCC spot market activity is down 8% from 2007”. . . For the suezmax class, despite a…
Bloomberg TV: Storing Oil at Sea
“Jeff Goetz of Poten & Partners was interviewed by Bloomberg TV regarding the contango market in crude oil and…
Fairplay Shipping News: Tanker Spot Charterers Ranked
“OIL MAJORS maintained their dominance of spot tanker fixtures in 2008, although some national companies jumped in the ranks,…
Oil & Gas Journal: Analyst Notes Changing Global, Chinese LPG Trade Patterns
“Demand patterns for global LPG trade will change in the near term, according to New York-based Poten & Partners,…
Fairplay International Shipping Weekly: What Rosy Outlook?
“Speaking at the Shipping Finance & Investment conference in London, Fairplay reported that the “Upbeat voices were loudest from…
Tanker World: Poten Bullish About VLCC Prospects
“Leading ship broker Poten & Partners has shrugged off bearish oil demand forecasts and predicted that medium-term rate levels…
