{"id":46452,"date":"2025-03-06T08:50:36","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T07:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maritimefinance.eu\/?p=46452"},"modified":"2025-03-07T13:11:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T12:11:57","slug":"geopolitical-shifts-boost-tanker-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maritimefinance.eu\/da\/geopolitical-shifts-boost-tanker-demand\/","title":{"rendered":"Geopolitical shifts boost tanker demand"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"46452\" class=\"elementor elementor-46452\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58879b0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"58879b0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4045524 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4045524\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/maritimefinance.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/W10_article_2_cropped.jpg\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536 wp-image-46534\" alt=\"Geopolitical shifts boost tanker demand\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maritimefinance.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/W10_article_2_cropped.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/maritimefinance.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/W10_article_2_cropped-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maritimefinance.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/W10_article_2_cropped-1024x341.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/maritimefinance.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/W10_article_2_cropped-768x256.jpg 768w, https:\/\/maritimefinance.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/W10_article_2_cropped-18x6.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d685fe elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d685fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Market holds firm during week of global volatility<\/span><\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tanker market has remained steady this week, with earnings staying strong despite ongoing geopolitical uncertainty. Suezmax and scrubber-fitted VLCCs are currently trading at $40,000 per day, according to Fearnleys, reflecting sustained demand and limited fleet availability.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Looking ahead, market fundamentals suggest rates could rise further. The Atlantic peak export season is approaching, and China&#8217;s crude inventories are low, increasing the likelihood that Chinese refiners will seek crude from non-sanctioned suppliers. Fearnleys analyst Fredrik Dybwad highlights that this &#8211; combined with low fleet growth and rising Atlantic oil production &#8211; could drive rates upward in the period to come.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Compliant fleets reaping rewards of crude oil sanctions<br \/><\/strong>Meanwhile, sanctions on the shadow fleet are shifting crude trade patterns in ways that benefit compliant tankers. Frontline CEO Lars H. Barstad noted that key importers such as China and India are sourcing more crude from compliant suppliers, increasing demand for conventional tonnage:<\/p><blockquote><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\"><em>&#8220;Many crude oil demand centres like China and India are now sourcing oil from compliant suppliers in West Africa, Brazil, Guyana, the US, and even the North Sea. This marks a material shift in market behaviour.&#8221;<\/em> \u2013 Lars H. Barstad, CEO, Frontline (via ShippingWatch).<\/p><\/blockquote><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With few new crude tanker deliveries expected over the next two years, fleet availability remains tight. The shift away from sanctioned oil, longer trade routes, and the need for compliant vessels continue to create favourable conditions for crude tanker earnings.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ef65d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0ef65d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Source: <\/em><i>Fearnleys, Shippingwatch<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Market holds firm during week of global volatility The tanker market has remained steady this week, with earnings staying strong despite ongoing geopolitical uncertainty. Suezmax and scrubber-fitted VLCCs are currently trading at $40,000 per day, according to Fearnleys, reflecting sustained demand and limited fleet availability. 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