Chinese Shipping In The Crosshairs
Feb 28th, 2025:Implications of the proposed fees on the tanker market
According to the office of the U.S. Trade Representative…
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Poten & Partners tanker research and consulting group monitors and analyzes tanker market and energy developments around the world and advises companies on strategy development and implementation. Below you will find our team’s Weekly Tanker Opinions. To subscribe, click here.
Erik Broekhuizen
The End Of The Dark Fleet?
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Feb 14th, 2025:End of global conflicts would reduce employment options
This week, President Trump announced that he talked to Russian…
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Trade Winds of Change
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Feb 7th, 2025: Global dirty trade routes-reshuffle again in 2024
In 2020, we started a new annual tradition, ranking the…
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Gaining Momentum
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Jan 31st, 2025:Nigeria’s Dangote refinery is nearing full capacity
This week, various publications reported that Nigerian gasoline imports are on…
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Back To Fundamentals
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Jan 24th, 2025:Underlying oil supply/demand drivers seem supportive
In recent years, the narrative in the oil and tanker markets has…
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Navigating Uncertainty
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Jan 17th, 2025:Geopolitics has returned to the oil and tanker markets
Geopolitics are intricately linked with the international oil and…
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Predicting The Unpredictable
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Jan 10th, 2025:Key tanker market developments for 2025
We are continuing our annual forecasting series and for 2025, we have…
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The (Mostly) Predictable Parade
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Jan 3rd, 2025: Top Reported Dirty Spot Charterers for 2024*
Relative to last year, there are a few changes in…
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Heightened Uncertainty In The Middle East
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Dec 13th, 2024:What is next for a key player in the region?
On December 8, 2024, the regime of Bashar…
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Approaching The End Of An Era
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Dec 6th, 2024: Lower North Sea output accelerates fall in ton-mile demand
Yesterday, Equinor and Shell, two major European oil…
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Kuwait Has Growth Ambitions
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Nov 22nd, 2024:$30 Billion investment plan to boost production
In a recent interview, Sheikh Nawaf Al-Sabah, the CEO of Kuwait…
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Fill It Up?
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Nov 15th, 2024:What are the market implications if the US SPR is refilled?
In a continuation of our series that…
