Tanker Opinions

20 Jul 2018; 

Tanker scrapping has been on an upswing this year and in a recent interview, an executive from…

13 Jul 2018; 

For today’s weekly opinion we decided to take a look at almost 5 years of crude oil…

6 Jul 2018; 

Most analysts, including ourselves in our Weekly Opinion of May 11 (“Iran Sanctions Snap Back”), expected…

29 Jun 2018; 

We have reached the middle of the year.  It is time to take stock of the fixture…

22-Jun-2018: As part of the ongoing effort by the U.S. administration to negotiate improved trade arrangements with China, the U.S…

15 Jun 2018; 

The freight markets for 2018 have so far been disappointing for crude oil tankers.  For the VLCC…

8 Jun 2018; 

Some OPEC meetings are more important than others and the one coming up on June 22 is…

1 Jun 2018: This week, the Canadian federal government announced that they are buying the Trans Mountain pipeline system and…

25 May 2018; 

Memorial Day weekend marks the beginning of the “summer driving season” in the U.S.  In addition to…

18 May 2018; 

In December 2015, president Obama lifted the ban on U.S. crude oil exports, which had been in…

11 May 2018; 

To nobody’s surprise, President Trump decided to withdraw the United States from the 2015 international nuclear deal…

4 May 2018; 

Russian crude oil production and exports have been in the news lately.  It is being reported that…