BRS pinpoints hurdles standing between tanker owners and their ‘golden age’
Potential headwinds include higher oil prices and a Chinese ban on fuel exports
Tankers
Seven seafarers missing as huge explosions rip through product tanker in Thailand
Huge blasts caught on camera as the Smooth Sea 22 goes up in smoke, killing a dock worker and damaging houses
Legacy tanker charters hit Tufton but will unwind this year
UK shipping fund expects sector to remain strong in 2023
Merger fall out: Saverys family launches bid to replace Euronav’s supervisory board
Owners of CMB demand shareholder meeting to oust five directors, including chair Grace Reksten Skaugen
Norwegian naval officer denies charge over tanker collision
The Norwegian frigate Helge Ingstad sank and was scrapped after the accident off the island of Fedje
En-bloc deal rumours swirl in product tanker markets
Glencore’s shipping arm, Tsakos Energy Navigation and Navios Maritime Partners are said to be offloading middle-aged tankers
Angelicoussis and CMES seal ‘smart’ VLCC charters as spot rates plummet
Big-name owners find three-month deals to insulate earnings from falling spot levels
Short-haul shock: product tanker rates chopped as Europe rushes to beat Russian ban
Atlantic basin earnings down 23% in a week ahead of 5 February cut-off
Poten tips VLCCs to return to the top of crude tanker heap
Broker says increased oil demand from China should banish the woes of 2022 for the largest carriers
Pelagic bets on negative fleet growth as it buys LR tanker from Hartmann
Cyprus owner seals purchase from German owner run by one of its co-founders