Industry Note No. 12 - First Quarter Spot Market Review

There’s no denying that the wave owners rode into 2014 on was a welcome way to start the new year (at least from their perspective). Earnings in the large crude tanker segment reached levels that hadn’t been obtained in three years and in the smaller dirty segment, in five or more years. But, with all things in life, “what goes up must come down,” a famous quote by physicist and mathematician Sir Isaac Newton, that quickly became the mantra for the first quarter of 2014. To continue reading, download the full report.