ANALYSIS

OLD PROBLEMS THAT CALL FOR NEW PORT SOLUTIONS

I AM REPLYING to your articles entitled “Empty box problem exacerbated by lines: CBFCA”, which was published on your newswire on February, and “VTA looks forward to liner talks on empty boxes” published on the newswire on March 2.

Plenty of capacity waits – no fear of oversupply

THERE remains enough spare oil production ship capacity available for the immediate future and more could become available for redeployment when existing contracts finish.

FPSO sector – reasons to be cheerful

Oil at US$70-$80 per barrel is reviving interest in floating production, reports MARTYN WINGROVE

Demand picking up across the globe

IN BRAZIL, state energy group Petrobras is leading the way in deepwater projects, with international oil companies trailing in its wake.