The Good, the Bad, and the Dirty: 2010 Top Charterers

A brief overview of reported world-wide tanker fixtures for 2010 might best be described as characteristic of a world economy still recovering from the financial crisis. Mixed signals across the tanker sectors mirror an uneven economic recovery. Specifically, fixture increases in VLCC and Suezmax markets are generally reflective of a growing demand in China and stand in contrast to declining in the Aframax and Panamax sectors which primarily serve the Atlantic Basin economies. Download here