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(Bloomberg) — Rates to charter the largest oil tankers on their busiest trade route were little changed as the glut of vessels absorbed increased demand.

(Bloomberg) — The biggest glut since 1996 in the supply of the largest oil tankers means owners will have to wait three more years for rates to recover,

(Bloomberg) — The largest oil tankers will remain unprofitable for at least two more years as the fleet overwhelms slowing demand for crude imports,

By Jonathan Saul LONDON (Reuters) – Iran is using old tankers, saved from the scrapyard by foreign middlemen, to ship out oil to China in ways that avoid

Charter costs for the biggest oil tankers plying the industry’s busiest trade route rose for a second session as charterers in China returned to work

Earnings are about zero for the biggest oil tankers, hauling almost half the world’s seaborne crude, and owners of the ships may opt to remove them from

(Bloomberg) — Returns for oil tankers hauling Middle East crude to Asia, the industry’s busiest trade route, reached the lowest level since August

(Bloomberg) — Tankers that carry about half of the refined oil products transported by sea will lose money for the next five years as an oversupply of

By Jonathan Saul LONDON (Reuters) – Iran has taken delivery of several new tankers from Chinese shipyards, giving it greater flexibility in maintaining

(Bloomberg) — Earnings for the biggest oil tankers on the benchmark route shipping Saudi Arabian crude to Japan will rise 48 percent this year to average

By Rob Sheridan (Bloomberg) — Hire costs for the largest oil tankers had this year’s second-biggest increase on stronger bookings of ships to haul

(Bloomberg) — Losses widened for the largest oil tankers hauling Middle East crude to Asia, the industry’s busiest trade route, as a surplus of

(Bloomberg) — Saudi Arabian Oil Co., the world’s biggest state-owned crude producer, booked a tanker to haul a cargo to the U.S. Gulf Coast next

Jan. 23 (Bloomberg) — Earnings for the largest oil tankers plying the industry’s busiest trade route plunged 76 percent, nearing a reversion to

Jan. 22 (Bloomberg) — The glut of supertankers competing for 2 million-barrel cargoes of Persian Gulf oil expanded to the highest in more than four

Jan. 18 (Bloomberg) — The total number of new vessels joining the global fleet this year is expected to be as much as 220, about the same as 2012

Jan. 16 (Bloomberg) — Costs to ship Middle East oil to Asia, the tanker industry’s busiest trade route, fell for a third day as completion of cargo

The surplus of the largest oil tankers available for loading in the Middle East rebounded from a six-week low, according to a Bloomberg News survey. There are

Returns for the biggest oil tankers hauling Middle East crude to Asia, the industry’s busiest trade route, fell for a 10th session amid speculation

ATHENS, Greece – Capital Product Partners L.P. (NASDAQ: CPLP) today announced that it acquired from Capital Maritime & Trading Corp. (CMTC) two post