Refinery maintenance and demand from outside Europe continued to support product margins. There was a sharp rise in Black Sea naphtha loadings for shipment to Asia-Pacific ? Shell booked two 40,000t tankers to take diesel from the Russian Baltic port of Primorsk to northwest Europe, loading on 14 April and 23 April. Trading company Crudex booked two 30,000t tankers to ship diesel along the same route on 22 April. And Vitol has booked a 40,000t tanker, loading on 16 April.
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