Tradewinds: Shell Stays Top
“Shell has hung onto its crown as the largest spot charterer of oil tankers. It fought off competition from…
Bloomberg: Shell Keeps Top Ranking as Hirer of Crude-Oil Tankers
“Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Europe’s largest oil company, maintained its ranking as the largest hirer of tankers in the…
Lloyds List: Oil Giants Top Dirty Tanker Charter Table
“Shell, ExxonMobil and BP remained the world’s largest charterers of dirty tankers in 2008, responsible for 17% of all…
Tankerworld: Unipec Pips Exxonmobil as Top Spot Charterer
“‘Overall reported VLCC spot market activity is down 8% from 2007”. . . For the suezmax class, despite a…
Bloomberg TV: Storing Oil at Sea
“Jeff Goetz of Poten & Partners was interviewed by Bloomberg TV regarding the contango market in crude oil and…
Asphalt Weekly Monitor
- Major East Coast supplier reduces rack prices, effective February 1.
- Some Gulf Coast region retail rack prices decline.
- Most US wholesale…
Fairplay Shipping News: Tanker Spot Charterers Ranked
“OIL MAJORS maintained their dominance of spot tanker fixtures in 2008, although some national companies jumped in the ranks,…
Who Carried the Weight in 2008
Looking back at one of the most exciting and tumultuous years in the tanker market, it is interesting to…
Oil & Gas Journal: Analyst Notes Changing Global, Chinese LPG Trade Patterns
“Demand patterns for global LPG trade will change in the near term, according to New York-based Poten & Partners,…
Asphalt Weekly Monitor
- Wintry conditions and holidays halt asphalt- related work in much of Canada and US.
- US retail markets remained stable during…
