Tanker Opinions

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

Reading The Orderbook

Erik Broekhuizen

27 Apr 2018; 

While the tanker market has remained in the doldrums so far this year, demolition has picked up…

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IMO’s Climate Control

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20 Apr 2018; 

During the most recent session of its Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), which took place from April…

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Permian Pipes

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13 Apr 2018; For any product or commodity to be successful in the marketplace, it is important that it can…
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Deal Or No Deal?

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6 Apr 2018; For most of this decade, Iranian oil production and exports have been reduced due to international sanctions,…
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The Other Exports

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23 Mar 2018; The rapid growth of U.S. crude oil production and (more recently) the rise of crude oil exports…
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Looks Familiar?

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16 Mar 2018; The expression “history repeats itself” is very appropriate in the shipping markets. Seasonality and market cycles usually…
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Favorable Winds Ahead

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9-Mar-2018: The overall tone of “Oil 2018”, the latest IEA annual forecast of global oil demand, supply, refining and trade…
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Navigating Uncertainty

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2 Mar 2018: Back in 2014, when oil prices were well above $100 per barrel, analysts regularly talked about a geopolitical…
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Taking Stock Of Inventories

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23-Feb-2018: Few oil publications are followed as closely as the Weekly Petroleum Status Report, published every Wednesday morning by the…
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Darkest Before Dawn

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16 Feb 2018: The tanker market of the end of 2017 and the beginning of 2018 will probably be remembered…
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Scrapping To The Rescue?

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2 Feb 2018; The tanker market has started 2018 in the doldrums.  One of the main reasons for the depressed…
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Outages & Turnarounds

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9 Feb 2018: According to the latest IEA Oil Market Report, global refinery crude throughput reached 82.2 million barrels per…
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