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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Bridging The Gap

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The decades to come will see an increasing focus on limiting the environmental impact of worldwide energy demand growth…
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Term Oil in the Market

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This summer, deteriorating conditions in the spot tanker market have encouraged some vessel owners to seek protection in term-charters….
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Summer Doldrums

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Recent weeks have seen earnings on benchmark tanker voyages threaten to break below operating costs amid an oversupply of…
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Crude Oil More a Torium

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With the Macondo well successfully capped and the cleanup operation in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico moving into its…
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Brazil Scores Again

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Brazil’s rapidly-expanding economy has earned it a place among the developing world’s economic powerhouses, but it is the country’s…
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Driving Global Commerce

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Last month, the International Energy Agency (IEA) announced that in 2009, China surpassed the United States to become the…
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The Asset Game

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One can’t help but notice a disconnect between slipping freight rates, weak demand fundamentals and the surge of newbuilding…
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Making Virtual A Reality

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Facing a likely future of tightened environmental regulation and rising marine fuel costs, efforts are underway to standardize efficiency…
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Sanctions Gain Teeth

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With the enactment of a new U.S. sanctions regime earlier this month, the tanker industry has once again found…
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Unwinding Subsidies

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Alongside China, India has emerged as an important driver of many of the trends expected to determine the direction…
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Harbinger Wind

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After threatening to follow a path that some projections showed would send it through the heart of the U.S….
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