Trade out of the U.S. Gulf has been slightly more active the past few days. Europe is also making progress. Asia is slow as it emerges from a long hol ...

Adrian Brown is away.

It was another very slow week in all corners of the world, which is understandable given that a large portion of the global chemicals and oils market ...

Trade in all three main regions – the United States, Asia and Europe – has been rather slow over the past week, and traders are now settin ...

Tom Glenn dishes on whats keeping lube distributors up at night - and why sleeplessness is not necessarily a bad thing.

Adrian Brown is away this week.

Parts of Europe have cooled substantially and certain trade lanes in Asia are fragile. U.S. markets are mostly robust, although there have even been a ...

Total Lubmarine, the marine lubricants arm of French energy giant Total, said its shipping activity in Chinas Tianjin port has resumed following the a ...

Adrian Brown is away this week. Adrian Brown is a senior market analyst for chemicals and base oils with SSY Shipbrokers, London. Information about SS ...

Turbulence in the financial markets rattled buyers confidence throughout Europe and Asia, and – despite withstanding the pressure best – e ...

The U.S. didnt see a reduction in amount of new business quoted, but European deep-sea markets are really slow, and Asias domestic markets are flat. A ...

Local government in Tianjin, China, suspended port traffic following Wednesdays deadly warehouse explosions at the northeast China industrial zone, wh ...

Despite August being a period when business could usually be expected to thin out due to the holiday season, there has only been a small reduction in ...

Petro-Canada Lubricants announced Aug. 5 it is expanding its distribution in Europe to improve the availability of bulk products. Now our customers wi ...

Europe has avoided the dreaded summer lull for yet another week. There is also little sign of it in the U.S., where lack of fixing is more down to a l ...

Royal Dutch Shell said it has not yet left the Pandacan Oil Depot in Manila, despite the passing of a deadline set by local government.

Whilst business has not entirely descended into the depths of summer, there is a distinct absence of August requirements throughout the marketplace, w ...

There has been a more summery feel to the markets this week, and activity has been notably slower in Asia. Some areas in Europe have seen a slight red ...

An old adages states, "If you want to make an omelet, you need to break some eggs." Thats an apt description of a new approach Adnoc Distribution is c ...

It has been rather slow in the U.S. and Asia – and a touch quieter in Europe too – but none of the markets seems to be in a summer lull ty ...