Supremely Safe Sailing
The Alaskan crude oil spill in 1989 that spawned the era of double-hulled tankers has also embroiled ExxonMobil in…
The eventual fate of the single-hull tanker fleet is clear: these vessels must exit…
Tanker Opinions
Clean Sweep
The complexity of the clean product trade can be seen by looking at the diversity of trades that have…
In Memorian: Morris Louis Feder
Today’s business world seems to be getting ever more competitive, litigious and fast-paced -…
Charterer Smackdown
One of the more succinct summaries of 2007 could be stated as “December…
The Freight Factor
This week crude oil prices touched the $100 per barrel mark and have…
Peak Month Theory
As the split-second when unseen electrons magically switch the date in our computers…
Flatter Flat Rates
Each year, the Worldscale Association publishes its assessment of nominal freight rates for…
The Stock Story
Just when some were beginning to think the tanker market had begun its…
Shrugging-off the R-word
In the international businesses of oil and shipping, there is certainly a great…
The Knife Edge
In the past week the spot tanker market experienced a sizeable upward swing….
Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanksgiving marks the official start to the holiday season in the U.S. and generally…
