Lloyd’s List: Shell Lands Double as it Tops Clean and Dirty Tonnage Tables

“Lloyd’s List based this article on Poten & Partners’ recent market opinion on top clean charterers. “Shell has again ‘done the double’ in the tanker market, topping the league of charterers of clean tonnage as well as dirty. Reported spot fixtures of clean tankers in 2006 grew by a healthy 10% to 5,306 from 4,858 in the previous year, according to figures compiled by Poten & Partners, a leading New York-based shipbroker.” says the article.”