Umongo Petroleum acquired South African base oil distributor Orbichem Petrochemicals, which is now a wholly owned subsidiary. Terms were not disclosed ...

Lubricant suppliers say branded workshops are critical in Indonesia's aftermarket segment, which is growing as the country's automobile parc ages and ...

There has been a bit more activity in the United States, and European markets are generally performing well. Asia, however, is still having to deal wi ...

There are many in the chemical tanker industry who are still away attending a key industry event and, consequently, market activity has been rather du ...

The legacy of lower crude and feedstocks pricing continues to gnaw away at the shipping market. China in particular has decided it has adequate invent ...

Sharp reductions in oil prices sparked fluctuations in commodity prices, spooking the shipping market and putting a lot of potential business on hold. ...

Pugh Lubricants and Apollo Oil announced Monday that they will be joining forces to create one of the largest lubricant distribution companies in the ...

Owners whose ships will be open in the U.S. Gulf this month could do a lot worse, since there are cargo possibilities in most directions. In Europe, t ...

Adrian Brown is away. His column will return next week. Adrian Brown is a senior market analyst for chemicals and base oils with SSY Shipbrokers, Lon ...

All the main regions, with the exception of Asia have seen slightly less new business compared to the previous week. For the most part though, rates h ...

February space is looking tight on most routes out of the U.S. Deep-sea routes from Europe are active, although coastal markets lack sparkle. Asia is ...

Almost anything to do with the Asian market has been subdued over the past week. The European market is ticking over, without really breaking into a s ...

Indonesias Pertamina Lubricants and PT Shell Indonesia have established credit and payment agreements with domestic banks to strengthen distributors c ...

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Singaporean lubricant supplier United Oil Co. will not set up a blending plant in Myanmar as the company discussed last year. Instead, it will supply ...

The market in Asia is understandably slower in advance of the Lunar New Year celebrations, but the markets in Europe and the United States have both b ...

Several routes out of the U.S. Gulf and Europe are reported to be progressing quite nicely with a reasonable amount of demand coming through. Asia is ...

Although not as busy as they were in late December, the main markets emerged from the long holiday season with a moderate amount of business. Yet it w ...

Adrian Brown is away.

Adrian Brown is away.