Lloyd’s List: Owners Eye Brighter Future as VLCC Rate Rises Expected
“The moderate supply of very large crude carriers available for employment in the Middle East Gulf is helping to…
Lloyd’s List: The Price of Low Sulphur
“The recent increase in marine fuel prices is adding to the financial pressure on ship operators on top of…
Oil & Gas Journal: Pipeline, Politics and China
“Oil & Gas Journal wrote of “politics’ seeming primacy in determining the fates of large pipeline projects around the…
Baby, It’s a Wild World
2011 is shaping up to be quite the year. We managed to escape the End of Days, but a…
Asphalt Weekly Monitor
- East Coast asphalt retail selling prices move higher in New England.
- East Coast and Gulf Coast flux retail and barge…
Lloyd’s List: Owners Reluctant to Snap up MR Product Tanker Bargains
“Freight rates may be climbing, re-sale opportunities remain scarce and current owners are holding onto their assets amid bullish…
Tradewinds: Poten in Products Caution
“Cash-rich owners looking to jump on depressed newbuilding prices in the products tanker market may want to think twice…
Cover Your Asset
The low earnings and high bunker prices seen in the market as of late have created a challenging financial…
Asphalt Weekly Monitor
- East Coast asphalt retail selling prices mixed this week.
- Many East Coast flux retail prices moved higher – some barge…