Cyprus Deems Second Bid Round A Success
Despite saber-rattling from Turkey, a host of bidders responded to the recent offshore licensing round held in Cyprus. Nicosia…
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Poten Report: Charter Rates Rise On Tight Availability
An extremely tight LNG shipping market with “zero structural availability” has driven charter rates to record levels over $100,000…
Brazil Hikes LNG Imports On Southern Drought
Brazil is back in the spot market after a relatively quiet 2011, with recent buying activity from state-owned Petrobras…
Media Mentions
Freight Waves: How war, shipping boom, China lockdowns impact Panama Canal
May 2, 2022
Jon McDonald, senior analyst at Poten & Partners, said during a recent online…
TradeWinds News: Russian crude squeeze continues as Germany open to ban and Sakhlalin curtailed
April 28, 2022
Poten & Partners head of tanker research Erik Broekhuizen has noted that there…
TradeWinds News: ‘A lot more damage can be done’ if Russia axes more gas supply, Poten says
April 27, 2022
Removing Russian energy supply from Europe is equivalent to taking China out of…
Events
Tanker Opinions
Iran Sanctions Snap Back
11 May 2018;
To nobody’s surprise, President Trump decided to withdraw the United States from the 2015 international nuclear deal…
Russia Turns Up The Volume
4 May 2018;
Russian crude oil production and exports have been in the news lately. It is being reported that…
Reading The Orderbook
27 Apr 2018;
While the tanker market has remained in the doldrums so far this year, demolition has picked up…
LNG & Natural Gas Opinions
Weekly Asphalt Headlines
Asphalt Weekly Monitor
8 Feb 2019
- East Coast retail asphalt and flux prices move lower in many areas this week.
- Asphalt barge prices went…
Asphalt Weekly Monitor
1 Feb 2019
- East Coast retail asphalt prices mostly steady, with flux prices unchanged for the week.
- Asphalt barge prices jumped…
Asphalt Weekly Monitor
25 Jan 2019
- East Coast retail asphalt and flux prices are unchanged for the week.
- Asphalt barge prices rose, with flux…
