Quick Recovery For Saudi Oil Exports?
20 Sep 2019: Initial Impact on Tanker Rates is Mixed
On September 14, 2019, the Abqaiq crude oil processing plant,…
Preliminary Thoughts on the Attacks on Saudi Oil Facilities
16 Sep 2019: Oil Prices and Tanker Rates are Significantly Higher. Berthing has Resumed in Ras Tanura, After Being Interrupted…
OPEC’s Production Dilemma
13 Sep 2019: OPEC Decides to Leave Production Cuts in Place (for now)
During a monitoring meeting earlier this week,…
Hide And Seek On The High Seas
6 Sep 2019: Iranian Crude Oil Exports Continue to Decline
Just when you think you have seen it all in the…
The Bug Stops Here
30 Aug 2019: With all the attention that is given to the IMO 2020 sulfur cap for bunker fuels,…
LPG in World Markets: New LNG Projects Nearly Double Australian LPG Exports
LPG in World Markets
August 2019
As Australia’s Ichthys LNG project ramps up production, LPG seaborne exports have also increased sharply….
U.S. Crude Bonanza
23 Aug 2019: U.S. Crude oil exports are boosting the tanker market
Two new export-oriented pipelines that move crude oil…
TradeWinds: IMO 2020 Sulphur Emission Cuts Are Just the Start of the Challenge
12 August 2019
by Michael Tusiani
Over the past few years, the world’s shipping industry has been focused on the implementation of…
Recession Ahead?
16 Aug 2019: Will an economic slowdown threaten the tanker market?
The magazine ‘the Economist’ had an article this morning…
TradeWinds: Tanker Markets Not Affected by World Tensions yet
05 August 2019
Only 61 tankers of all sizes were ordered in the first six months of 2019 – 41…