Mark Whitfield
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Mark Whitfield

Oil Tanker Rates · Energy · Global

Two decades on tanker desks in London and Singapore. I forecast day rates, routing risk, and the crude flows underneath them. My subscribers are charterers, traders, and funds — my track record is the pitch.

Ex-head of tanker research, London shipbrokerFICS, Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers61 resolved calls on the record here

75%

directional accuracy

61

resolved

5

open

0.185

brier

Excellent overall, but treat his 90%+ calls as ~75% — the table shows the overconfidence and he owns it.

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FORECAST · OPENEnergy & shipping

VLCC TD3C spot rates exceed $65,000/day before 2026-09-30

Probability

57%

Deadline

30 SEP 2026

Source

Baltic Exchange TD3C assessment

Fleet growth is near zero, OPEC+ barrels are coming back, and Atlantic-basin exports keep stretching tonne-miles. The bear case is a demand wobble in Asia.

Awaiting source · resolves by 30 Sep 2026

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FORECAST · OPENEnergy & shipping

Red Sea container transits recover above 70% of 2023 baseline by Q2 2027

Probability

38%

Deadline

30 JUN 2027

Source

Lloyd’s List Intelligence transit counts

Insurers reprice slower than headlines. Even in a de-escalation scenario, war-risk premiums keep the Cape routing sticky well into 2027.

Awaiting source · resolves by 30 Jun 2027

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FORECAST · OPENEnergy & shipping

ICE Brent settles above $90 before 2026-12-31

Probability

42%

Deadline

31 DEC 2026

Source

ICE Brent settlement

Below consensus on this one. Spare capacity is real and demand growth keeps disappointing — $90 needs a supply shock, not a trend.

Awaiting source · resolves by 31 Dec 2026

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FORECAST · OPENEnergy & shipping

Suezmax–VLCC day-rate spread narrows below $8,000 in Q4 2026

Probability

••

Deadline

31 DEC 2026

Source

Baltic Exchange assessments

The fixture pattern behind this call — and the two charterers driving it.

Awaiting source · resolves by 31 Dec 2026

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FORECAST · OPENEnergy & shipping

A top-5 tanker owner orders more than 10 VLCCs in 2026

Probability

••

Deadline

31 DEC 2026

Source

Clarksons newbuild order book

Yard-slot maths and who blinks first. This reshapes 2028 supply either way.

Awaiting source · resolves by 31 Dec 2026

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RESOLVED · RIGHTEnergy & shipping

VLCC TD3C spot rates exceed $55,000/day before December 2025

Probability

73%

Deadline

15 DEC 2025

Source

Baltic Exchange TD3C assessment

Printed $61k in November. Tonne-mile demand did the work — the fleet simply isn’t growing.

Brier 0.07 · logged 22 May 2025 · immutable

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RESOLVED · MISSEnergy & shipping

OPEC+ extends production cuts through Q2 2026

Probability

91%

Deadline

31 MAR 2026

Source

OPEC secretariat communiqué

My worst miss of the year. 91% and wrong — the quota unwind came two quarters early. My 90%+ bucket keeps telling me the same story: I should cap at 85%.

Brier 0.83 · logged 30 Sep 2025 · immutable

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