Media Mentions

“Then number of VLCC and Suezmax fixtures increased last year from 2010 totals, but the reverse was the case…

“European oil companies have lost market share in the dirty spot-tanker sector as Chevron and charterers from Asia and…

“Last year saw an increase in reported dirty tanker spot-market fixtures in the very large crude carrier and suezmax…

“Chinese charterers, unsurprisingly, dominated the VLCC spot market in 2011 with Unipec and Petrochina taking the top two spots….

“VLCCs and Suezmaxes rose slightly, while the Aframax and Panamax sectors dropped moderately. VLCC fixtures totalled 1,922 in 2011,…

“Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Europe’s biggest oil company, was the world’s largest charterer of tankers to haul crude in…

“Sanctions against Iran by the European Union (EU) would be unlikely to have a major impact on global fuel…

“The weak freight rate environment in 2011 has seen tanker operators pushing for lower voyage speeds in a bid…

“Libya, holder of Africa’s biggest oil reserves, is now pumping “more than a million” barrels a day as the…

“Four tankers have been booked so far to load 420,000 metric tons of crude oil in Libya this week,…

“State-run PetroBangla has invited four pre-qualified parties to submit bids to provide a floating regasification terminal. . . Broker…

“France’s Total is still negotiating with Cheniere Energy to buy LNG from the proposed Sabine Pass LNG export project…