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Aframax Rates Fell On Lower Demand For Russian Crude

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Rates for Aframaxes, smaller oil tankers, are trading at a narrower premium to VLCCs amid lower demand for Russian crude oil given the country’s pledged export cuts for August according to Bloomberg and the Baltic Exchange.

  • Following Russia’s invation of Ukraine, more Aframax ships than VLCCs joined Russia’s dark fleet.
  • Aframax time-charter equivalent rates are trading at a premium of roughly $10,500/d above VLCC freight, down from a record $96,000/d in April last year, according to the Baltic Exchange.

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