Media Mentions

“El Diario reported that there may not be sufficient asphalt in Mexico to meet demand for 2009 road infrastructure…

“Portworld referred to Poten’s annual tanker statistical abstract and reported that “ExxonMobil was the second biggest spot VLCC charterer…

“Following Poten & Partners’ presentation at the Condensate and Naphtha Forum in Singapore, CCN reported that global demand for…

“‘We are seeing some signs of life in the Asian industry,’ Colin Shelley, consulting manager at UK’s Poten &…

“Quoting from Peter Manning’s presentation at the condensate and naphtha forum in Singapore, Platts reported that “global petrochemical demand…

“The number of clean spot market fixtures for product tankers dropped to 4,913 last year, down from 5,574 in…

“Publication predicts bunker fuel demand will grow by 9%.  Demand for low sulphur product as a result of impending…

“Fairplay reported on the recent fall in crude prices and the continuing uncertainty associated with the the Russia-Ukraine gas…

“Shell has hung onto its crown as the largest spot charterer of oil tankers. It fought off competition from…

“Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Europe’s largest oil company, maintained its ranking as the largest hirer of tankers in the…

“Shell, ExxonMobil and BP remained the world’s largest charterers of dirty tankers in 2008, responsible for 17% of all…

“‘Overall reported VLCC spot market activity is down 8% from 2007”. . . For the suezmax class, despite a…