During the course of a month, we talk to a lot of people in the CTRM space and pick up on a lot of intel and information. In the last couple of months, almost everyone without exception is telling us how active the market is right now. Everyone is busy dealing with inquiries, demos and RFP’s it seems. Many also are picking up new customers, extensions at customers and new business. In fact, in the whole period I have worked in CTRM – almost 30-years – , I can’t recall it being so busy according to so many people involved in the industry. According to our sources, there is activity in pretty much all regions and commodities although energy and metals seem to be the hottest areas. The type of activity varies a little between the regions – so Oil & Gas, LNG in North America, APAC, Middle East/Africa, Metals – Europe and APAC, Power etc,. – Europe and Australasia might be some general observations. What is also interesting is that many tell us that there are several very large deals in the offing as well. The US election result appears to have brought some additional confidence among some to… continue reading