Sliding Oil Prices Force LNG Developers to Push Pause
20 Feb 2015: LNG project developers were surely starting to feel anxious about the economic viability of their liquefaction…
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Business Intelligence Products
Global Trade Increases to 244 MMt, Breaking Two-Year Stagnation
17 Feb 2015: Preliminary data is showing that global trade reached 244 MMt in 2014 a new annual record…
Oil Price Slide Threatens LNG Funding Surge
12 Feb 2015: LNG financing activity maintained strong momentum through to the end of 2014, with transactions totalling a…
Media Mentions
Freight Waves: In topsy-turvy commodity trades, small ships outperform big ships
July 13, 2022
VLCC underperformance versus smaller crude tankers has been ongoing since early 2021. “The…
Lloyd’s List: High fuel spreads boost scrubber benefits
July 13, 2022
Poten & Partners said in a recent note that the widening spreads are…
Natural Gas Intelligence: Philippine LNG Projects Slow Despite Strong Asian Demand
July 8th, 2022
“We see more progress on a wide range of projects, but recent history…
Events
Tanker Opinions
The China Conundrum
11 Jan 2019; The news from China has been mostly negative in recent weeks. One report after another seems to…
It’s Lonely At The Top
In the latest ranking of the largest dirty spot charterers we observe some small changes. Not at the top,…
Repositioning “Empties”
14 December 2018: One of the challenges in the container shipping industry is the need to reposition empty containers (“empties”)…
LNG & Natural Gas Opinions
Weekly Asphalt Headlines
Asphalt Weekly Monitor
18 Oct 2019
- East Coast retail asphalt prices steady, but ease in some Florida areas – flux pricing flat.
- Asphalt…
Asphalt Weekly Monitor
11 Oct 2019
- East Coast retail asphalt prices ease in some areas, with flux pricing unchanged this week.
- Asphalt barge…
Asphalt Weekly Monitor
4 Oct 2019
- East Coast retail asphalt and flux prices lower in many areas to start October.
- Asphalt barge prices…
