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Friday, June 16, 2023
Laden crude oil tanker approaches the port of Qingdao, China in the morning fog. Photo credit: Shutterstock/Igor Grochev
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Tanker Rates from Nigeria Soar as Owners Steer Clear

By Alex Longley (Bloomberg) — The cost of shipping oil from Nigeria surged the most in more than a year at the end of a week in which some owners

June 16, 2023
Total Views: 2919

Wednesday, June 14, 2023
Crude oil tanker Advantage Angel transits Istanbul's Bosphorus
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Oil Supertanker Rates Surge as Cargoes From Mideast Climb

(Bloomberg) — Earnings for giant crude supertankers posted their second-largest daily gain in three years as the number of cargoes jumped from the Middle

June 14, 2023
Total Views: 1258

Thursday, December 8, 2022
vlcc supertanker
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Supertanker Earnings Plunge on Reduced Crude Supplies

By Alex Longley and Sharon Cho (Bloomberg) — Earnings for giant supertankers carrying crude are slumping as OPEC+ production cuts and reduced releases

December 8, 2022
Total Views: 984

Tuesday, September 20, 2022
Stock photo of a tanker at sea
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Surging Shipping Costs Threaten Next Energy Crunch

By Ann Koh (Bloomberg) — Costs for shipping energy are surging as Europe’s scramble for supplies creates a shortage of vessels to carry essential

September 20, 2022
Total Views: 933

Monday, August 29, 2022
Oil tanker at sea involved in sanctions evasion scheme transporting Iranian and Venezuelan crude
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Tanker Market May A Get Sudden Boost If Iran Nuclear Deal Is Reached

By Sharon Cho (Bloomberg) –Progress toward an Iranian nuclear deal has thrown the spotlight onto a sizeable cache of crude held by Tehran that could be

August 29, 2022
Total Views: 1692

Monday, August 8, 2022
Tankers See Strongest Market in 25 Years
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Tankers See Strongest Market in 25 Years

By Kwaku Gyasi and Alex Longley (Bloomberg) — Tankers hauling everything from diesel to gasoline are experiencing a period of strength not seen in at

August 8, 2022
Total Views: 2812

Monday, August 1, 2022
Inflation Hits Oil Tanker Newbuild Prices Hard
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Inflation Hits Oil Tanker Newbuild Prices Hard

Crude oil tanker owners’ shares are up today on news that increasing newbuild rates are driving up the value of existing fleets and could prevent the

August 1, 2022
Total Views: 3780

Saturday, July 23, 2022
two tankers conduct ship-to-ship transfer
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Dark Tanker Market Gets Competitive

Data from Vortexa, a platform in the energy industry, shows that Iran, Russia, and Venezuela are all vying to sell oil to Asia. According to the analysis,

July 23, 2022
Total Views: 4077

Tanker docks at marine terminal
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Shrinking Oil Tanker Fleet May Deepen The Energy Crisis

by John Konrad (gCaptain) A dwindling oil tanker fleet could deepen the global energy crisis over the next three years as energy companies try to increase

July 23, 2022
Total Views: 11206

Friday, June 3, 2022
File photo of a product tanker underway at sea
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Surging Tanker Rates Make Interesting Case for Jones Act Fleet

By Chunzi Xu and Sheela Tobben (Bloomberg) The global search for fuel after Russia’s war has thrust the US Gulf Coast into the role of a main supplier to

June 3, 2022
Total Views: 4022

Thursday, March 3, 2022
oil tanker
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Russia’s Toxic Oil Sends Tanker Rates Into a Frenzy

By Sharon Cho (Bloomberg) — For clues on how toxic Russian oil has become, look no further than the trade for tankers that export it. It now costs

March 3, 2022
Total Views: 2197

Monday, February 28, 2022
tanker at sea
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Oil Tanker Rates Soar for Key Routes on Russian Invasion

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — The escalating crisis over Ukraine has catapulted the cost of shipping oil by sea.  Freight rates for hauling crude

February 28, 2022
Total Views: 1831

Friday, February 25, 2022
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Tanker Rates Soar Alongside War Risk Premiums

By Koustav Samanta (Reuters) Oil tanker rates are soaring globally as traders scramble to cope with jitters over possible disruption in Russian supplies,

February 25, 2022
Total Views: 1385

Sunday, September 12, 2021
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ClarkSea Index Records Longest Month Of Gains Despite Tanker Market Doldrums

By Alex Longley (Bloomberg ) While for many shipping sectors Covid has brought a boom, for oil tankers it has meant loss-making trades for much of 2021 and

September 12, 2021
Total Views: 1318

Wednesday, March 17, 2021
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U.S. Refiners Scale Back on Hiring Ships

By Jonathan Saul and Laura Sanicola (Reuters) – U.S. refiners are scaling back on hiring ships for longer periods to save on costs in another sign of

March 17, 2021
Total Views: 2288

Monday, October 19, 2020
Ocean Princess Tanker
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Singapore’s Ocean Tankers Wants To Return Ships To Owners

By Florence Tan and Anshuman Daga SINGAPORE, Oct 19 (Reuters) – The court-appointed manager for Ocean Tankers Pte Ltd has applied to the Singapore court

October 19, 2020
Total Views: 1909

Monday, January 6, 2020
oil tanker at sea
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Tankers Sail to U.S. Gulf as Rates Surge

HOUSTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) – A flotilla of oil tankers is sailing empty from Europe and the Mediterranean toward the U.S. Gulf Coast to take advantage of

January 6, 2020
Total Views: 136

Wednesday, November 27, 2019
frontline tanker
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Frontline Resumes Dividend As Tanker Market Improves

by Terje Solsvik (Reuters) – Crude oil tanker firm Frontline declared its first dividend in more than two years on Wednesday and said it plans to

November 27, 2019
Total Views: 50

Wednesday, November 13, 2019
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The Spike in Oil-Tanker Rates May Be Over, But a Boom Is Coming

By Olivia Konotey-Ahulu and Firat Kayakiran (Bloomberg) –A surge in the cost of hiring oil tankers last month may already seem like a distant memory, but

November 13, 2019
Total Views: 158

Monday, October 14, 2019
oil tanker
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Geopolitical Risks Send Supertanker Rates to Record Levels

By Olivia Konotey-Ahulu and Firat Kayakiran (Bloomberg) –Nothing right now is stopping a surge in oil tanker rates that’s given owners of the vessels

October 14, 2019
Total Views: 107