{"id":48735,"date":"2025-05-08T16:27:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T14:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maritimefinance.eu\/?p=48735"},"modified":"2025-05-09T13:18:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T11:18:11","slug":"tanker-rates-ease-as-activity-drops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maritimefinance.eu\/da\/tanker-rates-ease-as-activity-drops\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanker rates ease as activity drops"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"48735\" class=\"elementor elementor-48735\" 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\/05\/W19_article_1_cropped.jpg\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536 wp-image-48737\" alt=\"Tanker rates ease as activity drops-EMF-Maritimefinance\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maritimefinance.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/W19_article_1_cropped.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/maritimefinance.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/W19_article_1_cropped-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maritimefinance.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/W19_article_1_cropped-1024x341.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/maritimefinance.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/W19_article_1_cropped-768x256.jpg 768w, https:\/\/maritimefinance.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/W19_article_1_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<div><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LPG and PCTC remain steady \u2013\u00a0US incentives underway<\/h4><p>This week, tanker rates experienced broad-based downward pressure, with average weighted earnings falling 8% week-on-week to USD 32,585\/day. The decline is primarily driven by reduced fixing activity across both the crude and product segments.<\/p><\/div><div><p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">For context, a modern scrubber-fitted Suezmax is currently earning around USD 52,000\/day, down from the low $USD 60,000s last week, according to Fearnleys. Despite the drop, earnings remain at strong levels.<\/span><\/p><\/div><div><p><strong><span lang=\"EN-GB\">US vehicle production incentives coming up \u2013 shipping may benefit<br \/><\/span><\/strong>The LPG market has remained stable, with the benchmark Houston-Chiba VLGC route trading at USD 38,400\/day, which aligns with last week\u2019s levels.<\/p><\/div><div><p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">In the PCTC market, the US government has announced changes to auto import tariffs to incentivise domestic vehicle production. Under the revised rules, automakers building vehicles in the US will benefit from reduced tariffs based on the share of US or USMCA-sourced components, a move that may support domestic assembly and, in turn, long-term demand for vehicle shipping.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\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 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Source: Clarksons, Fearnleys<\/em><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/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>LPG and PCTC remain steady \u2013\u00a0US incentives underway This week, tanker rates experienced broad-based downward pressure, with average weighted earnings falling 8% week-on-week to USD 32,585\/day. 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