Pakistan Plans More Terminals as Demand Expected to Surge
12 Oct 2016: A month after finalizing a second floating storage-and-regasification unit (FSRU), Pakistan is looking to add two…
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2015 Paris Climate Conference to Affect Imports into Largest LNG Markets
18 Oct 2016: In December 2015 at the Paris Climate Conference, 196 countries made pledges — most of them…
Short-Term Contracts Help Japan Deal With Demand Uncertainty
12 Oct 2016: Japanese LNG importers are beginning to rely on short-term contracts as it gets more difficult to…
Media Mentions
Hellenic Shipping News: Shipping’s China syndrome: Demand sinks across multiple cargo markets
September 17, 2022
According to Poten & Partners, Chinese crude imports grew rapidly from 4.1 million…
Riviera Maritime Media: Poten: Europe’s crude import patterns show dramatic changes
September 14, 2022
VLCCs have returned to prominence, especially on the US Gulf to Europe trade…
Splash 247: Tankers set to profit further from G7 and EU action against Russia
September 13, 2022
The changes in the European oil trades and their impact on the global…
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Tanker Opinions
All Eyes On The East
5 April 2019: Refining capacity in Asia has been growing rapidly for many years, driven by continued growth in…
IMO 2020 Will Fuel Product Markets
29 Mar 2019: For most regulatory changes the optimal solutions are typically becoming clearer as the deadline is nearing. IMO…
Just Go With The Flow
22 Mar 2019: In last week’s Tanker Opinion, we discussed how projected changes in crude oil balances are expected to…
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Weekly Asphalt Headlines
Asphalt Weekly Monitor
10 Jan 2020
- Racks are mostly quiet in East Coast markets. A few locations had modest price increases.
- East Coast flux…
Asphalt Weekly Monitor
3 Jan 2020
- Markets remained mostly inactive, due to the New Year Holiday and wintry weather.
- East Coast retail asphalt and…
Asphalt Weekly Monitor
27 Dec 2019
- Markets are very quiet this week due to the Christmas Holiday.
- East Coast…
