crude tankers
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Maritime
How Signal Ocean’s software is transforming ship chartering
An exclusive interview with Greece's Ioannis Martinos on what's next for Signal Ocean.
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American Shipper
Euronav sees rising constraints on supertanker capacity
Floating storage, scrubbers delays and newbuilding unease should continue to squeeze crude-tanker capacity.
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American Shipper
Attack on Iranian tanker stokes blazing VLCC rates
VLCC rates are reaching epic levels in the wake of an attack in the Red Sea on an Iranian Suezmax tanker.
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American Shipper
Most new US crude now sold overseas – and share is growing
For a window on future demand for U.S. crude oil, look to international markets, as ever-more U.S. volumes head to sea.
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American Shipper
Supertanker rates stratospheric as market ‘goes bonkers’
VLCC rates are now at or near $100,000 per day, courtesy of U.S. sanctions targeting China's COSCO.
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Legal issues
Nebraska high court decision win for Keystone pipeline
Trucking stands to gain, rail to lose if project moves forward.
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American Shipper
How time charters offer window on bulk shipping sentiment
Time-charter rates can offer a clearer view on future sentiment than headline-grabbing spot rates.
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Company earnings
Re-reading the IMO 2020 crude tanker tea leaves
As with product tanker rates, crude tanker rates show no sign yet of upside from IMO 2020 preparations.
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Energy
U.S. sanctions Chinese buyer of Iranian crude as tanker risks rise
The already dicey relationship between the U.S. and China could get even dicier after a new sanctions decision.
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Energy
Hormuz ‘clock’ ticks another minute closer to midnight
Geopolitical risks are escalating, increasing the risk for petroleum shipments transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
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