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(From Lloyds List)
Byline: Sam Chambers in Hong Kong
Tankers
GETTING a word with suezmax brokers this week has been a tough task. With oil cracking the $50 a barrel mark producers have been pumping at top speed.
VLCCs leapt to absolutely outrageous prices by Tuesday, hitting W250 – 'a truly phenomenal amount of money' according to one Oslo broker – and it didn't take a rocket scientist to realise that cargoes would be split.
Suezmaxes leapt and in turn, aframaxes and panamaxes rushed forward. 'It's volatile and it is going through the roof,' says another broker.
Out of West Africa to the US suezmaxes are going for W225, while for shorter routes like to the ...