Friends at Vesselbot posted on LinkedIn this week a request for views on what lies ahead for shipping as electric vehicles and renewable energy update increase over the next decade. I think about these issues every day now, not least because I write about them and host a podcast on them for Ship.Energy, but because any investment horizon that goes beyond 2030 has to take these things into account, as well as all the related ESG issues. For instance, as Mark Campanale of the C

OPEC will have its minsters’ online meeting today at which a decision will be taken on how much oil to produce. There is much to consider after yesterdays’ technical meeting when most delegates came out against an increase in production beyond the 2.6 Mn bpd increase spread over 2021 that was agreed in December. The ministers have much to consider: Firstly, oil prices have recovered from their crash last March with Brent standing at over USD 52 per barrel at the time of writ