Mark WilliamsOct 29, 20194 minA Flash in the Pan? (Macro Macchiato 29/10/19)Earlier this month I gave a presentation to an invited audience of oil tanker owners. This in itself is not unusual. What was unusual on...
Mark WilliamsOct 14, 20195 minTanker Markets Go Bananas: Can It Last? (Macro Macchiato)Last week, before I went to Cyprus Maritime 2019, I opined in Macro Macchiato that, “with so much macro-economic confusion, predicting...
Mark WilliamsSep 30, 20193 minIs this how sanctions are supposed to work? (Macro Macchiato 30/09/19)Look Mum, we’re in the papers! It isn’t often that shipping finds its way onto the pages of the mainstream press. Usually it’s because of...
Mark WilliamsSep 16, 20194 minBetween Abqaiq and a Hard Place (Macro Macchiato 16/09/19)However many billions the Saudis have spent on defence, it wasn’t enough to prevent the weekend attacks on Abqaiq. Half of Saudi oil...