New York forum shows signs of life after ‘funeral’ mood of past years

An unusual energy flowed through last week’s Capital Link New York Maritime Forum. Call it genuine optimism.

In the wake of reports of fixtures at $300,000 per day for VLCCs and a rising product tanker market chasing crude rates up the ­ladder, at least the tanker crowd — especially the tanker crowd — were feeling the momentum inside Manhattan’s Metropolitan Club.