Asia Dirty Tanker Market Outlook Q3 2017: Caught Between A Rock and Hard Place

Weak supply side fundamentals as well as a seasonal lull in demand are expected to plague the Asian crude...

Tankers: Black Sea-Med dirty Handysize freight rates surge on wave of fresh inquiry

The cost of sending fuel oil cargoes on Handysize tankers from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean has surged due to a sharp increase in cargo flow in the region, market participants have said.

Ship owners of LR1 dirty tankers could soon make the switch to clean trading

New trading partners are always emerging in the shifting world of the tanker market these days.

Black Sea-Med dirty Handysize freight rates at lowest levels in 2015 on light inquiry

The cost of sending 30,000 mt fuel oil and dirty product cargoes from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean has dropped to its lowest level of 2015 because of...

Unipec tops dirty tanker charterer list in 2014

Unipec topped the list of dirty tanker charterers in 2014, and was by far the largest hirer of VLCC tonnage,...

Cross-Mediterranean dirty Aframax freight rates on the rise as inquiries roll in

The cost of transporting 80,000 mt crude cargoes on the Cross Mediterranean route has been...

Baltic-UKC dirty Aframax rates sink as lack of activity bites

A week which saw a distinct lack of activity for Aframaxes in the Baltic Sea ended with a sharp...