TradeWinds: Chinese tanker chartering dips in 2024 as Unipec remains fixing king, says Poten

January 6, 2025 The broker’s tanker research head, Erik Broekhuizen, said: “While Unipec remained on top, its reported cargo volumes and market share dropped slightly for the second year running, illustrating a softening economy and a slowdown in Chinese oil demand growth.” Another notable performer identified by Broekhuizen was Indian Oil Corp, which rose to become the world’s second-largest VLCC charterer and seventh-largest suezmax charterer. In total, it was the sixth-most active tanker charterer in 2024. Broekhuizen said “the company’s ascent came as Poland looked for new sources of crude as it dropped pipelined Russian barrels.” Chinese tanker chartering dips in 2024 as Unipec remains fixing king says Poten

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