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.

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BRIC House

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The pressure to diversify crude oil sources continues to mount for purchasers of Iranian crude oil. Today, buyers not…
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A Springtime Rally

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Anyone following the tanker market during the last few years knows that bright spots have been few and far…
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Timing is Everything

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In the mid-1970s, the idea of creating a vast reserve of petroleum in the US to buffer the nation…
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This Voyage is Rated TC14

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The refined product imbalance between the United States and Europe is a structural blessing for trading companies and ship…
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Suez-min?

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Acute bleeding in the refining complex around Philadelphia has started to erode a stalwart tanker trade. The West Africa…
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Tightening the Screws

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While the European Union’s (EU) announced phased embargo on imports of Iranian oil may be stale news to some,…
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A Shift to Transshipment

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Recent closures of local refineries in the United States, the neighboring Caribbean islands and Europe will create increased demand…
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Key-Stonewalled

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This week President Obama rejected a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline. If ever built, the pipeline would further…
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Iran-dom Acts

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With the tanker market largely tuned into the potential effects of a closure of the Straits of Hormuz, there…
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