Posidonia 2016
Athens June 6 -10, 2016
Metropolitan Expo
Posidonia 2016 is a firm fixture for the global shipping industry. It is the essential…
The Chinese Tea Party
03 Jun 2016: China has been the primary growth area for oil as well as for tankers over the…
Tradewinds: France Strike to Hurt Then Help Tankers
31 May 2016: “Poten & Partners said there is a ‘slightly negative bias’ during the strikes, but the impact…
Force Majeure In France
27 May 2016: After the oil industry suffered from a severe drought in Venezuela, forest fires in Canada and…
Lloyds List: Port Constraints and Cash Crunch Stifle Venezuelan Oil Trade
25 May 2016: “Poten & Partners said that PDVSA was forced to increase imports of refined products earlier this…
Morgan Stanley: The Commodity Manual
23 May 2016: “Southeast Asia is getting worse with offshore volumes reaching the highest level in at least 5…
Tradewinds: Nigerian Oil Production Disruptions Hurting Tanker Rates
23 May 2016: “Disruptions to Nigeria’s crude exports are set to have an increasingly negative effect on tanker markets,…
Reuters: Crude Tanker Storage Fleet Off Singapore Points to Stubborn Oil Glut
19 May 2016: “‘The volumes of oil stored at sea in South East Asia – predominantly Singapore and Malaysia…
(Less) Out of Africa
20 May 2016: Nigeria’s crude oil production and exports have been hit by severe outages as a result of…
LNG World Shipping: FSRUs Open LNG to New Importers
17 May 2016: “Building land-based import terminals can be expensive and time-consuming, and can run into regulatory obstacles. So,…
