Wednesday, February 3, 2010 - Six weeks ago, the December 23, 2009 issue of This Week in Petroleum focused on the declining trend in gasoline prices from early November through mid-December.

With the current economic crisis, most of us have gone two steps backwards from where we were in 2008.

Please note that Marcon International Trading, Inc. of Seattle, Washington is not related in any way to Marcon International, Inc. of Coupeville, Washington.

The "Miss Anita" and "Stephanie McCall" were sold to private interests.

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - Based on projections from the EIA January 2010 Short-Term Energy Outlook, members of OPEC could earn $767 billion of net oil export revenues in 2010 and $833 billion in 2011.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010 - This edition of the Short-Term Energy Outlook is the first to include monthly forecasts through December 2011.

Friday, January 8, 2010 - Baker Hughes announced today that the international rig count for December 2009 was 1,024, down 1 from the 1,025 counted in November 2009, and down 54 from the 1,078 counted in December 2008.

Tuesday, January 5, 2010 - As of 31st December 2009, average bunker prices fell slightly.

The aluminum crewboat "Cypress Sea" was sold to U.S. West Coast operators.

Out of 9,475 vessels and 3,240 barges tracked by Marcon, 367 are utility boats.

Of 9,475 vessels and 3,240 barges tracked by Marcon, 2,147 are supply and tug supply boats.

Of the 9,475 vessels (excluding barges) Marcon currently tracks, 544 are inland river pushboats with 85 officially on the market for sale (64 U.S. flag and 21 foreign flag).

Since Marcon’s first sale in 1983, the company has sold 110 ocean and inland tank barges totaling over 6,426,468 capacity (abt. 868,400dwt).

Of the 9,475 vessels and 3,240 barges Marcon tracks, 789 are crew & pilot boats with 131 officially on the market for sale, up from 52 vessels a year ago, plus we have 29 boats available for charter worldwide.

Of the 9,475 vessels and 3,240 barges that Marcon currently tracks, 3,729 are tugs with 520 currently officially on the market for sale worldwide.