(Not So) Happy New Year!
12 Jan 2018;
Shipowners typically look forward to the winter. As the weather gets colder, the tanker market starts to…
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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
Spot The Difference
Erik Broekhuizen
Top Reported Dirty Spot Charterers for 2017
Every year Poten ranks the dirty spot charterers to see who tops the…
Erik Broekhuizen
Fixing Forties
Erik Broekhuizen
22 Dec 2017;
On Monday 11 December, the Forties Pipeline System (FPS) in the North Sea was closed for repairs. …
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Viva Mexico!
Erik Broekhuizen
15 Dec 2017;
In December 2013, Mexico made the necessary changes to its constitution to allow a widespread reform of…
Erik Broekhuizen
Fuel For Thought
Erik Broekhuizen
8 Dec 2017;
As we are approaching the end of 2017, a year most tanker owners would probably rather forget…
Erik Broekhuizen
No Surprise From Opec
Erik Broekhuizen
1 Dec 2017;
To nobody’s surprise, OPEC extended its oil production cuts on November 30. The original cuts, which were…
Erik Broekhuizen
Default Looming In Venezuela
Erik Broekhuizen
17 Nov 2017;
On Monday, November 13, Standard & Poor’s (S&P), one of the world’s leading credit rating agencies, lowered…
Erik Broekhuizen
Indian Crude Oil Imports
Erik Broekhuizen
Can Indian Demand Replace Chinese Growth Slowdown?
A number of forecasters see in India a potential engine of global oil…
Erik Broekhuizen
Tanker Market Hits Peak Supply Growth
Erik Broekhuizen
3 Nov 2017; With the winter months approaching, we thought it would be interesting to take a look at what…
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Taking Stock
Erik Broekhuizen
27 Oct 2017;
When OPEC announced their first production cuts in eight years in September 2016, it was clear that…
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Kurdish Tightrope
Erik Broekhuizen
20 Oct 2017;
On September 25, 2017, the Kurdish Autonomous Region, governed by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Iraq…
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Flat Rates On The Rise Again
Erik Broekhuizen
13 Oct 2017;
As the end of the year approaches, the Worldscale Association prepares to calculate the new flat rates…
