Crude oil s hipping companies remain undercons iderablepres sure since the global economic cris is stalled the growth of demand for s eaborne oil, jus t as a glut of ordering beg an to flood the market. In the firs t of a two-part overview of the crude oil shipping s ector we examine the changing dynamics surrounding the two larg es t importers of crude oil in the world - the US and China. The …