TradeWinds News: Insurers caught in the sanctions crossfire as dark fleet casualties expose pollution threat
November 10, 2022
As broker Poten & Partners recently pointed out, it is not just that…
TradeWinds News: Growth of ‘dark fleet’ could push Russia to riskier tankers, analyst says
November 5, 2022
Tanker broker Poten & Partners has raised safety concerns over the likelihood that…
TradeWinds News: Turkey’s imports of Russian crude surge, but Poten sees potential for course change
October 30, 2022
Erik Broekhuizen, Poten’s head of tanker research, said in a weekly note that…
TradeWinds News: War has propped up tankers amid economic ‘dark clouds’. A Russian exports slump could change that
October 24, 2022
Poten & Partners and Gibson Shipbrokers both issued research reports expressing concern over…
TradeWinds News: VLCC rates surge 19% in a day to reach 28-month high
October 18, 2022
New York shipbroker Poten & Partners reported that average time-charter equivalent (TCE) earnings for a 270,000-dwt VLCC…
TradeWinds News: West Africa unlikely to fill void left by EU ban on Russian crude imports, says Poten
October 17, 2022
Key reasons are a combination of declining production and renewed competition from China,…
TradeWinds News: US strategic oil release adds extra 1m barrels to export slate
October 10, 2022
US shipbroker Poten & Partners warned the SPR is not “an unlimited reservoir…
TradeWinds News: Poten & Partners looks at developments in the Suezmax segment – the 1-M-barrel tankers that fly lower on the economic radar compared to the more prominent, larger, VLCC vessels
October 6, 2022
On a recent webinar, Poten & Partners referenced Delfin Midstream as in discussions…
TradeWinds News: Ukraine and state of global economy to dictate strength of VLCC rally, says Poten
September 26, 2022
Events in Ukraine and the state of the global economy will likely determine…
TradeWinds News: Crude tanker trade hammered as Australasian imports drop more than 50%
September 22, 2022
US shipbroker Poten & Partners has calculated a more than 50% reduction in…
