Saturday, January 18, 2025

Consolidation in the Wind as Offshore Recovery Advances

Two offshore maritime providers to become $1.25 billion company Tidewater Inc. (NYSE: TDW) and GulfMark Offshore, Inc. (NYSE: GLF) offshore support vessel companies will combine as recovery gains traction, creating a combined company market value of approximately $1.25 billion, Tidewater said in a press release today. The combined company will provide customers with access to modern, high-specification vessels. Under the terms

U.S. Oil Exports, Tariff War, at Epicenter of Shifts in Global Oil Trade

From Hellenic Shipping News The escalation of the trade war between the US and China is about to bring significant changes in crude ton/mile demand as US crude freights could soon be moving away from China and heading towards India, South Korea, Thailand and Taiwan. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Gibson said that “when Donald Trump decided to run for