VLCC player Hunter names Erik Mathiesen permanent CEO
Interim boss ‘has demonstrated strong leadership’
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False-flagged Russian shadow fleet vessels plunge after navy action
Moves to Russian registry have prevented European navies from seizing tankers as ‘stateless’ ships
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Bond sequel: Tor Olav Troim’s Golar LNG to raise another $500m in private notes deal
Bonds priced at 99% of par value at 7.5% annual interest rate in repeat of last year’s offering
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VLCCs: Freight Boom Reprices the Fleet
The VLCC market has experienced a sharp repricing during 2026, with the most significant acceleration taking place since late July as exceptionally strong freight earnings have fed directly into secondhand values. While prices had already been moving h…
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When the Levee Breaks
The weakest June for Chinese crude imports in a decade did not cost a single barrel of throughput. Imports fell 41.3% on the year, runs held above 12.4 mb/d, and product exports went up. The difference came out of the tanks. At the draw rate of the las…
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