Michelle Wiese Bockmann
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Post-pandemic tanker rates recovery puts International Seaways back in black
New York-listed owner of 78 tankers reports first profit in five quarters
LNG retrofit ‘improves carbon ratings’, study finds
SEA-LNG study claims $30.3m retrofit cost to use liquefied natural gas as marine fuel is ‘win-win’ for environment
Anonymous Chinese shipowner spends $376m on tankers for Russian STS hub
Evolving marine transport model seeks tankers to operate outside established markets, yet remain compliant with class, insurance and other regulatory and technical rules
Third of VLCCs ‘notionally non-compliant’ with carbon intensity rules
Analysis by shipbroker Braemar concludes that 32% of very large crude carriers will receive two-lowest ratings, by extrapolating annual efficiency rates
Euronav pares losses as freight rate ‘gains traction’
VLCC and suezmax owner reports second-quarter net loss of $4.9m, compared to losing $90m for year-ago period
‘Ultimate insider’ Bugbee bounces back from debt doldrums
After years of telling Wall Street that a tanker earnings turnaround is just round the corner, the market has finally caught up with Robert Bugbee. The president and director of New York-listed Scorpio Tankers revealed a famine-to-feast rejuvenation to the shipowner’s bottom line on a second-quarter investor call last week