An eye-catching fixture was seen recently that gave a glimpse of the dirty side of clean tankers. The Medium Range tanker Iver Experience was reported to be on subjects to Lukoil to load a a 38,000 mt cargo of diesel oil on the US Gulf Coast and then head across the Atlantic. That doesn’t seem out of line, but the freight rate for that deal was Worldscale 85, or $11.72/mt, when that route was sitting at w102.5, $14.13/mt.
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