Tanker owners had little to talk about during the course of the past week, amid holidays left and right, but it was the geopolitical side of the market, which caused the most stir, as a result of the reprise of Iran sanctions from the US. In its latest…
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There was a time, not many years back, when some bold ship owners ventured into the seemingly unknown area of offshore market, amid a boom period. Things didn’t turn out that well, as Ocean Rig’s example can testify. However, shipbrokers seem to think …
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Iran, Venezuela and again Iran are among the typical geopolitical factors which have affected the tanker market over the course of the past few years and the Middle Eastern country is back into play once again. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker A…
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For weeks, the main story in the demolition market was about Pakistan. This time around the “tune” of the market is heading further more to the East. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Clarkson Platou Hellas highlighted this very fact, by noting t…
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Newbuilding ordering activity has shifted towards more specialized vessels according to shipbroker reports this week. Allied Shipbroking said that “it was yet another week with a fair flow of new order deals coming through, though this time around it w…
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