Author: Erick Parel

Sun Enterprises in for DH Shipbuilding suezmaxes

Energy News Beat Sun Enterprises Greek shipowner Sun Enterprises has returned to South Korean yards in its latest fleet expansion move. The company, which has built most of its tankers in South Korea, has commissioned DH Shipbuilding for a pair of suezmaxes at $90.5m each. Shipbuilding sources say the 158,000 dwt newbuilds which are the […]

First modern VLCC sale of the year highlights how tanker prices are easing

Energy News Beat EuropeTankers MarineTraffic / Pietragala Geraldo This year’s first modern VLCC sale is in the pipeline. Brokers report that the eight-year-old, 300,000 dwt Leicester was sold for $87m to undisclosed interests. Broking sources tell Splash that an Oslo-based private equity fund, Transportation Recovery Fund (TRF), is selling the Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding-built tanker. The […]

Scorpio Tankers ups stake in DHT to above 5%

Energy News Beat Emanuele Lauro-led Scorpio Tankers has taken its shareholding in VLCC giant DHT Holdings to above 5%. In a release to the Securities and Exchange Commission, DHT revealed Scorpio had taken its shareholding in the company from 4.9% to 7.45%, spending $131.5m to bolster its position. Splash first reported on Scorpio’s initial 4.9% […]

Don’t be too fixated on price to NAV

Energy News Beat ContributionsFinance and Insurance Photo by Aditya Vyas on Unsplash Pierre Aury has some advice for would be shipping investors. An old topic for a new year. I’ve already made my opinion quite clear about the fact that shipping companies trading in competitive spot markets should not be listed. In this column we […]

Landlocked Switzerland becomes a top 10 shipowning nation thanks to Aponte’s MSC

Energy News Beat One family has propelled a landlocked European nation into the top shipowning countries in the world. Gianluigi Aponte’s Geneva-based Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) has been on a historic fleet expansion in the 2020s, hoovering up more than 400 secondhand boxships, and ordering more than 3m teu of newbuilds, pushing MSC to the […]

Big Oil Earnings Drop

Energy News Beat Daily Standup Top Stories Big Oil Earnings Slump Puts Payouts to Investors Under Pressure January 29, 2025 Clark Savage Fourth-quarter profit to be lowest in more than three years Oil markets weigh uncertain outlook driven by Trump’s return The flow of dividends and buybacks from the world’s largest oil companies is under pressure, […]

Power companies pressure Trump EPA to roll back rules on toxic coal ash

Energy News Beat ​[[{“value”:” A coalition of U.S. power companies is demanding ​“immediate action” from the Trump administration to roll back federal regulation of toxic coal ash and rescind recent enforcement actions. A Jan. 15 letter to Lee Zeldin, President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, outlines specific steps the federal government should take to […]

Is Turkey Breaking Its Own Oil Embargo?

Energy News Beat As Erdogan champions the Palestinian cause, evidence suggests that his regime is facilitating support for Israel. At the end of November, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivered the keynote address at a forum for the country’s national public broadcaster and reaffirmed his support for Gaza. Seyma Yildirim, a Turkish pro-Palestinian activist in […]

Big Oil Earnings Slump Puts Payouts to Investors Under Pressure

Energy News Beat Fourth-quarter profit to be lowest in more than three years Oil markets weigh uncertain outlook driven by Trump’s return The flow of dividends and buybacks from the world’s largest oil companies is under pressure, with fourth-quarter profits plunging and the return of President Donald Trump adding to the uncertainty. The five global oil majors […]

Planet Earth’s natural resources are limited to its 8 billion residents

Energy News Beat Earth has existed for more than 4 billion years without present-day humans. In the past, dinosaurs and cavemen never used its plentiful natural resources. Today, with 8 billion humans on this planet, the few wealthy countries are extracting natural resources at alarming rates, and they are NOT being replenished. Crude oil consumption […]