Tag Archive For "VLCC"
What’s driving the VLCC market?
VLCC TCE rates ended October at around $50k. This is below the high reached in the middle of the month, but still represents a healthy return for owners. Interestingly, as shown in the charts below, ton mile demand is down circa 9% YoY, while the size of the fleet is has grown by 8%. In …
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 …
VLCCs vs Aframaxes: Which is in a better position?
This month we joined industry professionals at the 4th Capital Link International Shipping Forum in Shanghai, where our Head of Singapore Charlie Hockless spoke on ‘Opportunities & Risk: Signals in the Noise – Taking a look at the key data’. In our latest blog post we take a look at Charlie’s findings on opportunities and …