From boom to bust: How long can tankers benefit from the floating storage craze?
The recent floating storage boom drove tanker freight earnings to levels last seen during the Golden Tanker Era of 2004-2008, but how sustainable are VLCC time charter equivalent revenues in excess of...
4 Kesä 202015min
Libyan oil exports briefly pick up, NOC gears up for cautious return
Libya exported some crude and condensate from its storage caverns at the Zawiya terminal this week, a first from this port in almost four months. But with the civil conflict still brewing in the volat...
4 Kesä 202010min
A conversation with Mercuria Energy Trading's Marco Dunand
S&P Global Platts talks to Mercuria CEO and co-founder Marco Dunand about the challenges, implications, and opportunities that the COVID-19 pandemic presents across all the key commodity classes in a ...
4 Kesä 202022min
India's steel industry faces tough post-COVID-19 test
India has started to wind back its lockdown regime but domestic demand for steel could remain muted until the October-December quarter. This has left Indian mills relying on overseas markets, particul...
4 Kesä 202010min
Is demand high enough to restart the US ethanol market?
The S&P Global Platts benchmark Chicago Argo ethanol assessment has trended upward and ethanol inventories have started to drop after reaching record highs as production has climbed. Does this mean th...
2 Kesä 202020min
Brazil's sugar and ethanol markets planning a post-pandemic strategy
Brazil, the top global sugar producer and second-largest ethanol producer, started its Center-South crop on April 1, targeting to crush 600 million tons, amid a global consumption crisis and huge unce...
29 Touko 202030min
After the Storm: The Shipping markets navigate H2 2020
London shipping editors Wyatt Wong, George Griffiths, and Sam Eckett explore the devastated LNG, container, and dry bulk markets post-COVID-19. How can shipping recover from a global demand drought? C...
29 Touko 202011min
China's Two Sessions provide positives for oil, metals
At China's latest "Two Sessions," the government did not provide a GDP target for 2020, but it outlined plans to boost infrastructure investment. The big focus this year was on maintaining employment ...
29 Touko 202014min
