Sanctions Gain Teeth
With the enactment of a new U.S. sanctions regime earlier this month, the tanker industry has once again found…
Unwinding Subsidies
Alongside China, India has emerged as an important driver of many of the trends expected to determine the direction…
Asphalt Weekly Monitor
- East Coast rack price ranges slip lower in some markets.
- East Coast wholesale prices decline for paving grades – steady…
Harbinger Wind
After threatening to follow a path that some projections showed would send it through the heart of the U.S….
Asphalt Weekly Monitor
- Paving work winds down going into US Fourth of July Holiday and July 1 Canada Day.
- East Coast rack price…
Tradewinds: Now is the Time to Take a Breather
“It is suitably ironic that freight rates in the dry-bulk sector should have a serious downward wobble just as…
Lloyd’s List: Listed Companies to Push Rise in Newbuilding and Secondhand Sales
“New York tanker broker and consultancy Poten & Partners has also highlighted the recent role of listed companies in…
Financial Times: Coal-fired Power Plants to be Snuffed out Faster than Expected
“US Congress may not pass a climate bill this year, but that would not mean the environmental movement has…
Public Displays
As difficult as it was to see the light just a year ago, optimism in the tanker market has…
Lloyd’s List: US Crude Recovery Lifts Rates
“The increasing percentage of very large crude carriers booked to ship crude from the Middle East Gulf to the…