VLCC Loadings Lift Diesel In-Transit to New Highs
Vortexa Snapshot: VLCC Loadings Lift Diesel In-Transit to New Highs
11 July, 2019
In Brief:
- Volumes of diesel/gasoil on the water recently hit a multi-year high, buoyed by the flurry of newbuild VLCC tankers loading in June.
- In-transit volumes of diesel/gasoil hit a fresh high of 25m mt on 10-11 July.
- Around 1.7m mt loaded in June across 7 newbuild VLCCs, the highest seen by Vortexa since 2016.
- The latest newbuild VLCC to start loading is Nissos Santorini, which took on product from an LR2 tanker that loaded from Yosu.
- VLCCs have been used increasingly to carry diesel from East of Suez to the West on maiden voyages. Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Singapore/Malaysia have been the main exporters this year.
