Bloomberg: Profit Gain in Singapore Bunkers May Jump 24%
“The profit traders can get from selling shipping fuel in Singapore, the world’s second-busiest container port, may rise 24…
Light Sweet Dire Divergence
Since the start of the New Year, a sharp divergence in the spread between Light Sweet West Texas Intermediate…
Asphalt Weekly Monitor
- East Coast retail paving prices mostly unchanged, with slight increases in some markets.
- East Coast wholesale asphalt and flux price…
European Gas Conference – LNG Day
Vienna, Austria: 25 Jan – 28 Jan 2011
Graham Hartnell, Manager LNG & Gas Consulting UK, will be presenting “The…
Fairplay: LR2 Exception Softens Blow for Tankers
“US Broker Poten & Partners sees a bright spot even though tanker fixtures had a nasty drop in 2010,…
Platts: Shell Top Hirer of Clean Tankers in 2010
“Oil major Shell dominated the spot clean charter rankings for 2010 — a year that saw the number of…
Lloyd’s List: Vitol Tops List of Long Range Two Charterers
“Oil trader Vitol has emerged as the largest charterer of clean aframax tankers in 2010, with the class the…
Tradewinds: 2010 Clean Fixtures Slide
“Reported clean tanker fixtures fell by over 8% last year on the back of a weaker global economy, a…
Bloomberg: Reliance Is Eighth-Largest Hirer of Aframax Ships for Fuels
“Reliance Industries Ltd., owner of the world’s largest oil refining complex, was the eighth-biggest charterer of Aframax vessels used…
Product Power (Outage?): 2010 Top Clean Charterers
An analysis of world-wide clean tanker spot fixture volume in 2010 characterizes a sobering picture of developed-world economic health….