Winter Doldrums
January 15, 2021
2021 starts with poor tanker rates across the board
2021 is not off to a great start. Usually,…
Hellenic Shipping News: Dirty tanker fixtures fall 16% in 2020 as COVID-19 weighs: Poten
January 12, 2021
Global spot dirty tankers’ fixtures declined 16% year on year to 8,101 in 2020 but Unipec, Shell…
Splash 247: Unipec tops dirty spot chartering league, Trafigura leaps seven places
January 11, 2021
Poten & Partners has tallied the numbers for dirty spot charters last year with a familiar name…
S&P Global Platts: Dirty tanker fixtures fall 16% in 2020 as COVID-19 weighs: Poten
January 11, 2021
Global spot dirty tankers’ fixtures declined 16% year on year to 8,101 in 2020 but Unipec, Shell…
Lloyd’s List: China continues to lead tanker markets
January 6, 2021
China’s Unipec retained its crown as top VLCC charterer on the spot market. Top 20 ranked Chinese…
Lloyd’s List: Saudi oil output cut to impact tanker demand
January 6, 2021
Poten & Partners showed weaker rates for the Middle East to Far East route. with the time-charter…
Hellenic Shipping News: Clean tanker owners weigh options, face extended doldrums
January 5, 2021
Tanker rates could remain subdued through the first half of 2021 due to tonnage oversupply, Erik Broekhuizen,…
Riviera Maritime Media: Tanker demand in 2021: vaccine booster for product tankers?
December 31, 2020
Poten & Partners’ head of tanker research & consulting Erik Broekhuizen said that in the longer term…
S&P Global Platts: Commodities 2021: Clean tanker owners weigh options, face extended doldrums
December 31, 2020
Tanker rates could remain subdued through the first half of 2021 due to tonnage oversupply, Erik Broekhuizen,…
Riviera Maritime Media: Five trends to watch in LNG shipping in 2021
December 28, 2020
While global LNG demand grew by 12.5% to 359M tonnes in 2019, according to Anglo-Dutch energy giant…