Assessing Residual Value
22 May 2017: Valuations are not straight forward in the LNG shipping industry, whether for individual vessels or entire companies….
What Slowdown?
19 May 2017: Since the early years of this century, China has been the growth engine of the bulk…
Interfax Energy: Lebanon opts for three FSRUs – minister
12 May, 2017: “The ministry has selected Poten & Partners as its consultant and the firm will help prepare…
TradeWinds: Poten: US crude export growth is ‘real’
12 May 2017: “Poten & Partners sees US crude exports continuing to increase into 2018, although the New York…
Chinese Demand Growth
15 May 2017: Last week, the United States and China reached a preliminary 10-point trade agreement which included a statement…
Asia First
12 May 2017: In recent weeks and months, various equity analysts and executives of publicly listed tanker companies have…
TradeWinds: Poten sees LNG ship supply-demand gap slimming
10 May, 2017: “Spot charter rates for LNG carriers could remain low this year but global trade growth is…
LNG World News: Poten: vessel supply growth expectations weigh on LNG spot charter rates
10 May 2017: “Liquefied natural gas (LNG) spot charter rates could remain low throughout the entire year, largely due…
Structural vs Spot Availability
8 May 2017: “As mentioned in a recent opinion, the global LNG trade grew by approximately 12% year-on-year during…
The Biggest Losers
5 May 2017: It is usually more pleasant to write about growing business prospects and new trade routes, but…