Any increase in oil demand will be met by rising supplies as stock depletes, which will be positive for the tanker market as it expands seaborne volumes boosting tonnage demand

Orders are forecast to rise to 100m barrels per day by the end of the year or in the first quarter of next year

Fourth quarter of the year contract valued at 18% higher than loss-making spot rate on key crude export route

If oil demand continues to find support from firm gas prices, tanker owners can expect to benefit from increased oil trade, be it greater high-sulphur fuel oil trade, higher refining run rates or a boost in the Opec-plus group’s output, analyst says

Hafnia and Evercore have cited the drawdown of the land-based surplus of crude and products as positive for tanker markets

The product tanker owner agrees with 10 banks on its first ever syndicated sustainability-linked financing deal. Its fleet’s emissions performance will affect future margin adjustments

How quickly and effectively coronavirus vaccine is rolled out globally will determine timing of the rebalancing oil tanker market, company says

‘This is a significant impact to one of the world’s largest concentrations of olefins capacities, just under 20% of the global total, and tops recent disruption seen in August 2020 from Hurricane Laura,’  WoodMac’s analyst says 

The two vessels are the first order that the Cosco Shipping unit has placed since it was established in 2019, which will add to its existing six-ship fleet

Poten’s LPG consultant Shantanu Bhushan estimates that liquefied petroleum gas exports from the US may require around 163 VLGCs this year due to the current waiting period in the canal, which is up 12% as compared with the previous year

According to the Japanese shipyard, the advantage of this dual-purpose vessel is its capability to simultaneously carry LPG, which is already used as a low-carbon energy source, and liquefied ammonia, a new fuel contributing to the establishment of a decarbonised society

A number of ports, from New Orleans, Mobile, Baton Rouge, Pascagoula to Mississippi, remain closed until further notice

Owing to high spot LNG prices, importers in Asia now intend to shun buying LNG at spot rates. They will shift shift their buying strategy to that of securing long-term deals, an approach that was going out of fashion among buyers for providing less flexibility

All routes are above $100,000 per day, according to the Baltic Exchange. The biggest gain has come from the Australia-Japan voyage, which is edging closer to the $200,000 mark

The newly ordered gas carriers will meet all the current environmental requirements and will be compliant with the most stringent IMO rules 

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