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Venezuela's Oil Exports Fall After US Imposes More Tariffs

Apr 01, 2025

Venezuela's exports of crude oil and fuel fell 11.5% in March as Washington's imposition of secondary tariffs and the cancellation of key licenses to operate in the U.S.-sanctioned energy sector led to delays and cargo suspensions, according to ship tracking data and documents.U.S. President Donald Trump's administration last week announced a 25% tariff to buyers of Venezuelan crude and gas, which will begin this week…

New IMO Designation for the Mediterranean Sea Helps Bring More Doba Crude to Europe

May 08, 2025

Dutch and German oil refineries have snapped up all four cargoes of Chadian Doba crude in April to profit from soaring demand for cleaner marine fuel in Europe from shipping companies including Maersk, according to shipping data and trade sources…

Panama Canal to Seek Bids for Pipeline Development

Apr 06, 2025

The Panama Canal Board of Directors has authorized the opening of a bidding process for the development of a new pipeline for the transfer of energy products which will complement operations in the interoceanic waterway.The pipeline will be…

Saudi Oil To China Expected to Drop in April

Mar 13, 2025

Saudi Arabia's crude oil shipments to its biggest customer, China, are expected to drop to their lowest level in more than a year in April, trade sources said on Thursday, partly due to maintenance programmes at Chinese refineries owned by Sinopec…

Performance Shipping Inc. enters sale and leaseback agreement for tank vessels

Mar 06, 2025

Tanker owner Performance Shipping entered into a sale and leaseback agreement with an unaffiliated third party for a previously announced newbuild LR2 Aframax tanker vessel. This concludes the financing for all three newbuilding LNG-ready, scrubber…

New Sanctions Expected to Have Severe Consequences for Russia

Jan 12, 2025

Chinese and Indian refiners will source more oil from the Middle East, Africa and the Americas, boosting prices and freight costs, as new U.S. sanctions on Russian producers and ships curb supplies to Moscow's top customers, traders and analysts said…

Traders Shipping Record Diesel Volumes from Asia in VLCCs

Aug 29, 2024

Traders are slated to load record volumes of diesel on very-large crude carriers (VLCCs) from Asia to West of Suez markets in August, a trend likely to continue next month, data from trade sources and shiptrackers showed.Five supertankers - Maran Leo…

Surging VLCC Rates Impact US Crude Oil Shipments to Asia

Jan 10, 2024

The economic incentive to import oil from the U.S. Gulf Coast to Asia has closed as the cost of booking supertankers on the route has surged amid a jump in bookings for the vessels, traders said this week.With the arbitrage for U.S. shipments closed…

U.S. Crude Oil Exports: When 'Less is More'

Apr 15, 2021

Longer sailing distances cushion fall in US crude oil exportsTon mile demand generated by US crude oil exports has fallen by 9.7% in the first two months of 2021 compared with the start of 2020. The fall could however have been much worse; In volume terms…

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Imports drop 9% at Los Angeles Port in May Under 145% Tariffs on China

Imports drop 9% at Los Angeles Port in May Under 145% Tariffs on China

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Commodity Report: Scramble to Import Copper Creates Market Imbalance

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Charge It: ‘Electrification’ Momentum Mounts in Maritime

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Nibulon to Export 1 Million Tons of Grain Via Black Sea Port of Chornomorsk

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