Editor’s selection: Euronav ‘must keep shipping oil’; Greeks return to Russia crude; Lone LNG carrier sent for scrap in 2022
Some of the biggest stories TradeWinds covered this week
Tankers
Strong finish to 2022 set to propel Clarksons profit to at least £98m
Shipbroker expects to beat market expectations
Tanker owners adrift in regulatory fog over illogical price cap, De Stoop says
Euronav chief executive argues measure does not make much sense and there is confusion over the paperwork required
Ocean Yield to buy back $73m Norwegian bond issue early
Oslo-listed owner spends again to remove May 2023 debt maturity
Russia’s Lukoil disappears from list of top tanker charterers as Unipec stays top
Ukraine invasion has shaken up Poten & Partners’ annual chart of biggest crude vessel takers
Greek shipping returns to Russia trades as oil exports fall
European and G7 involvement in Russian oil declines as new trading patterns emerge in first month of price cap scheme
All noise aside, Frontline-Euronav combination set to get done this quarter
Deutsche Bank says investors would be smart to start buying Euronav stock in anticipation of the inevitable
Clarksons tips tanker surge if China contains Covid outbreak
Analysts believe virus is putting a dampener on demand and pushing rates down
Baltic Exchange logs record tanker derivatives volumes in volatile 2022
Unique year continues to see new benchmarks set following Russian invasion
Clarksons hails ‘remarkable’ year as rate index surges 30% to new record
Review highlights an industry managing wide-ranging disruption in turbulent times