Crude oil shipping
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Maritime
Light at end of the tunnel for battered tanker trade?
Glimmers of hope for the beaten-down tanker sector: more OPEC+ crude production and more long-haul exports from the U.S. to India.
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Maritime
Another shipping stock bites the dust as big tanker fleets merge
‘Bigger is better’ is the mantra of public tanker companies. The just-announced INSW-Diamond S merger is a step in that direction.
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Maritime
What the Suez Canal accident means to the tanker business
Back in the Aristotle Onassis era, a Suez Canal closure was a tanker game changer. Today, tanker upside from the canal accident is limited.
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Maritime
Deutsche Bank on import bonanza: ‘You ain’t seen nothing yet’
Deutsche Bank’s Amit Mehrotra on how long import surge could last and upside potential for container, dry bulk and tanker stocks.
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AskWaves
Minus $7,400 a day? How can shipping rates fall below zero?
Tanker and bulker spot rates can go sub zero — some tanker rates are there now. What do the negative numbers really mean?
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Maritime
OPEC+ deal shocker will prolong bloodletting for crude tankers
Analysts tally tanker fallout after OPEC+ stuns market with decision to hold the line of production cuts.
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Company earnings
Crude tankers stuck in ‘rate hell’ but floating-storage pain wanes
Long grind ahead for crude tankers: Executives and analysts don't see recovery until second half — if not later.
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Maritime
Tanker recovery still distant prospect after Saudi surprise
How surprise Saudi production cuts and escalating Mideast tensions could impact timing of crude-tanker rate recovery.
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News
Mexico issues controversial fuel import rules
Mexico’s new fuel import regulations are seen by critics as an attempt to boost state oil firm Pemex.
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Maritime
Top stories of 2020: Inside ocean shipping’s wild ride
A look back at 2020's shipping roller coaster: how container sector emerged as ‘surprise rock star’ and tankers peaked early, then plunged.
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