Light Sweet Dire Divergence
Since the start of the New Year, a sharp divergence in the spread between Light Sweet West Texas Intermediate…
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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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Product Power (Outage?): 2010 Top Clean Charterers
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An analysis of world-wide clean tanker spot fixture volume in 2010 characterizes a sobering picture of developed-world economic health….
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How the West Was Won
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This past week, an oil leak originating from a pump station serving Alaska’s North Slope resulted in a shut-down…
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The Good, the Bad, and the Dirty: 2010 Top Charterers
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A brief overview of reported world-wide tanker fixtures for 2010 might best be described as characteristic of a world…
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Bulls and Bears Ring in the New Year
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As 2010 comes to a close, a broad overview of equity markets leads many to believe an economic recovery…
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Ho Ho Ho And A Bottle O’ Rum!
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As December winds down and the focus of ship owners and charterers shifts towards the coming year’s various projected…
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Not So Flat!
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It’s that time of year again! The Worldscale Association has published the new schedule of nominal freight rates for…
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Sky’s The Limit
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The recent run-up in crude oil prices has led many to speculate that the emotional threshold of $100 per…
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Paying to Play
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While the relative strengths of the leading world economies will be the ultimate driver of sustained trade growth, it…
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More Gravy, Please!
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As many Americans downshift their activities in anticipation of the US’ observance of Thanksgiving, those more fortunate among them…
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Tanker Prospects 2011-2015
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Two years after the collapse of Lehman brothers, it seems as though the high tides of the credit crunch…
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Up Against the Wall
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Last month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its response to a March 2009 petition from a group…
