- Aframaxes and dirty tankers are cleaning up to store and move refined products.
- 20 such tankers including those controlled by the pool have either cleaned up.
- Other companies that are exploring the possibility of a switchover.
- Charterers are struggling to get LR2s for loading distillate and naphtha cargoes.
- Clean tanker freight rates are at an all-time high and dirty ships are keen to get it.
- LR2s on Middle East-North Asia routes are earning around $180,000-$200,000.
- These fixtures are much...
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