Tankers:Looking for higher LR rates

摘要

East of Suez,LR clean tanker owners were still hoping for a clear-out of vessels,so that rates could once again turn higher.Charterers thought rates from the Arab Gulf had yet to hit a bottom on both LR1 and LR2 vessel classes."The problem is that LR2 rates are so bad,that you can't have a supported LR1 market," said one charterer.