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Why this tanker shipping depression is different from past slumps
Tanker execs explain lack of distress sales and scrapping this time around, and why new orders will be more curtailed.
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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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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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Suez Canal crisis: Here are the cargoes in the crossfire
The longer the Suez saga continues, the greater the container, tanker and dry bulk shipping impacts. There could be big losers — and winners.
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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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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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All eyes turn to timing of tanker rate resurrection
Crude and product tanker rates are bouncing along the bottom. As one analyst put it, "There's only one way to go from here."
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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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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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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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