SinoShip News (Beijing): Unipec Becomes World’s Top VLCC Charterer

“According to a report released by Poten & Partners, Unipec has overtaken Shell’s position and become the top spot dirty tanker charterer in 2012. Unipec saw an increase of over 20% in its spot fixtures with 707 spot fixtures across the dirty tanker segments in 2012. Shell, which has dominated the rankings over the past few years, has ended up in the second place with 701 fixtures.”