Bloomberg Businessweek: Trafigura Seeks Forties; Buzzard Oil Field Restarting After Halt
“Trafigura Beheer BV chartered the supertanker Almizan Star to haul crude from Forties terminal Hound Point in Scotland for…
Wall Street Journal: Oil-Tanker Data Shows China Shift
“Unipec was the No. 1 charterer of oil tankers for the second year in a row in 2013, beating…
Tradewinds: Unipec Retains Crown
“Unipec has held on to its title as the world’s leading charterer of dirty tankers shipping, more than twice…
Carbon Positive: Unipec Maintains Top Spot Among Dirty Spot Charterers for 2013
“Dirty tanker spot activity increased year-on-year, with Unipec maintaining its spot as the top Charterer, noted analyst Poten &…
Hellenic Shipping News: Unipec Maintains Top Spot Among Dirty Spot Charterers for 2013
“Dirty tanker spot activity increased year-on-year, with Unipec maintaining its spot as the top Charterer, noted analyst Poten &…
Lloyd’s List: VLCC Earnings Remain Robust
“Unipec has been integral to chartering activity in the VLCC market over the last few years. It was the…
Bloomberg: Crude Tankers to China Seen Signaling Pre-Holiday Imports Gains
“Strengthening demand from Asian oil companies helped reverse plunging rates for tankers. Vessels hauling Persian Gulf cargoes to Asia…
Thompson Citizen: Several Northern Manitoba Treaty 5 Adhesion Chiefs meet with Federal Transport Minister Lisa Raitt
“…The number of rail cars used to transport oil in Canada has more than tripled over the last two…
Asphalt Weekly Monitor
- East Coast asphalt retail prices slip in some Florida areas, and move up in New England.
- East Coast wholesale asphalt…
Bloomberg: Caribbean Crude to Asia Surges as U.S. Boom Curbs Demand
“Surging U.S. output means Caribbean cargoes that were previously shipped to the US are increasingly being sent to Asia…
