Tankers: Cargo influx perks up Eastern VLCCs

摘要

East of Suez VLCC rates on the benchmark Persian Gulf-Japan route Wednesday continued to inch up, with reports of late February and early March cargoes trickling in. The rate crossed the key Worldscale 40 mark when Shell placed the 1996-built double-hulled Noah on subjects to move a 265,000-mt cargo loading February 24-26 for the PG-East voyage at W42.5.