One of the biggest scourges too the tanker market has always been the perceived threat from pipeline developments. However, increasingly over the course of time, we have seen several projects that have enhanced the Download File[PDF]

Lightering is the process of transferring a cargo to a facility onshore from a smaller vessel. This is typically an Aframax vessel removing parcels Download File[PDF]

In recent years, McQuilling Services has noted the growth of clean petroleum products that are being delivered to East and South Africa Download File[PDF]

The Panama Canal expansion project has attracted plenty of attention from the shipping community since its inception. Whilst there is potential, there is still doubt as to the opportunities it will bring for the tanker industry. Download File[PDF]

Economic growth prospects in Europe continue to be uneven – and generally tenuous at best – across the continent as it grapples with issues of insolvency, austerity, and demographics. Signalling weakness in oil Download File[PDF]

VLCC spot market ton-mile demand declined by 14% during Q1 from the previous quarter-the greates Q/Q decline in the present cycle-and by 18% from 1Q12 (when a drive by Far East eonomies to reduce imports from Iran boosted voyages to the Far East from points further afield, stoking greater long-haul Download File[PDF]

While much of the world’s attention is currently focused on escalating tensions between North and South Korea, the oil markets have also been keeping an eye on the Korean peninsula.South Korea is weighing eliminating tax rebates on refined product exports Download File[PDF]

Where the tanker market is concerned, discussion on Africa has until recent times tended to centre on the crude exportsffrom West Africa and the Mediterranean region, while the Eastern sea board esccpes attention altogether. However, East Africa’s emerging product import market has been Download File[PDF]

Although most media reports were previously suggesting that major Sino-Russian energy negotiations were faltering, relations between the pair took a high-profile positive step last week as it was announced that OAO Rosneft will double its crude oil Download File[PDF]