TradeWinds News: Brazil a bright spot for VLCCs and suezmaxes as crude shipments keep rising, broker says
January 29, 2024
Brazil looks set to be increasingly important to crude tanker trades in the coming years, one broker…
TradeWinds News: India and China vie for Venezuela VLCC crude cargoes
January 22, 2024
Poten & Partners predicted that VLCC orders would soar this year as it…
TradeWinds News: VLCC newbuilding orders set to ‘take off’ in 2024, says Poten
January 22, 2024
VLCC newbuilding orders are set to “take off” this year in a move…
TradeWinds News: Unipec still king of dirty spot charters as it fixes more VLCCs than the top 10 combined
January 8th, 2024
The trading arm of oil major Sinopec still conducted a total of 881…
TradeWinds News: Venezuelan threat prompts Joint War Committee to declare Guyana a listed area
December 28, 2023
Guyana currently produces (and exports) around 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) from two…
TradeWinds News: Economou VLCC linked to Vitol Venezuelan tanker fixture
November 16, 2023
For many years, India and China had been the largest customers of Venezuelan…
TradeWinds News: Shipbroking titan Michael Tusiani wins CMA commodore hat
November 30, 2023
The Connecticut Maritime Association (CMA) has named Michael Tusiani, the chairman emeritus of…
TradeWinds News: European diesel shortages may jack up product tanker rates, says Poten & Partners
October 20, 2023
A cold winter in Europe this year could create a surge in diesel…
TradeWinds News: Putin invites overseas investment in Arctic route on visit to ‘dear friend’ Xi
October 19, 2023
Earlier this month, US shipbroker Poten & Partners said Russia appears “willing to…
TradeWinds News: Suezmax tanker earnings double in a day as rates ride aframax coat-tails
October 12, 2023
The strength was driven primarily by the Atlantic market, where New York shipbroker…
