Drewry Shipping Consultants, the world’s leading maritime consultants, today announced that its latest report, “Annual Tanker Market Review and Forecast 2003/04”, has been released. The research and analyses is being published at a crucial time for an industry that, despite having enjoyed buoyant times of late, is now facing a period of uncertainty that has been precipitated by the introduction of new legislation. “The prognosis, unfortunately for owners, is that the best is behind us and the correction in the freight markets is here to stay.