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Oil Tanker Tycoon's WhatsApp Messages Drive Big Market Moves

Original · gCaptain · Shipping · 3h ago
The messages from the world's biggest supertanker owner often begin with pleasantries: "Dear Ladies and Gentlemen." Within minutes, the WhatsApps are the talk of the oil-tanker industry, a multibillion-dollar corner of the energy market that's been plunged into chaos by the Iran war this year, and where word of mouth is the main way information spreads.
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