Entries Published On June, 2019
A Potential War with Iran and the Impact on Trade
A wider conflict with Iran would be negative for most types of ships and for the oil markets in general. Fewer ships will transit the Straits of Hormuz. The following analysis focuses on VLCCs, which lift most of the crude cargo volumes out of the Arabian Gulf. A Look at History In the tanker war …
The Future of Japanese Renewables
Offshore renewables in Japan are about to receive a significant boost after a bill was passed by the Japanese government last November allowing wind farms to operate inside national territorial waters for the next 30 years. Since the March 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, which was caused by the Tohoku earthquake and subsequent tsunami, Japan …