VLCC floating storage has been an important feature of our industry in recent years. While Iranian nuclear sanctions were in
At the start of August, Kuwait dispatched the first shipment of crude to the recently completed 200,000 b/d refinery at
2017 has seen a notable increase in unplanned refinery outages, which has naturally had an impact on the product tanker
Early this month, figures confirmed the rise of China as the world’s largest importer of crude oil ahead of the
Last September one of our reports focused on the prospects for higher demolition activity for tankers on the back of
It’s safe to say that LR2s have had a pretty torrid year to date, with earnings on the benchmark Middle
Undoubtedly, the OPEC led production cuts are having negative implications for crude tankers, particularly VLCCs. Although no major
The impact of the Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention on future levels of demolition has been a hot topic for
This week has seen a number of significant sales that draw attention to the continued downward correction in prices. We