THE OUTLOOK FOR TANKERS IN A WORLD OF FALLING OIL PRICES 

by Kevin Shilleto

(In an article published in MEES last December - see MEES, 9 December 1985 - Mr. Kevin Shilleto, a Director of the London based oil transportation consultants Internaft Limited, drew attention to the inadequate preparedness of Gulf oil producers to cope with a potential upsurge in tanker demand and freight rates in the context of sharply falling oil prices. In the following article he returns to this theme and...