Tradewinds: Shell Remains King of the Chartering Hill

“Tradewinds based this article on Poten’s tanker opinion dated 01/06/2005. “Shell has retained its position as the number-one charterer in the oil-and-dirty petroleum market, posting the largest number of dirty fixtures in 2005. The Anglo-Dutch oil major completed 762 fixtures last year as total dirty spot fixtures rose by just 19 to 10,433, according to figures from US broker Poten & Partners.” says the article.”