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China Demand and Rerouted Oil Flows Increase Shipping Costs

OIL

Oil shipping costs are surging globally with resurgent Chinese demand adding to redirected oil shipping flows due to sanctions on Russia according to Bloomberg.

  • About 1.2bn barrels of crude oil were at sea last week, the highest for the time of the year going back to 2016 according to Vortexa and Kpler data.
  • Longer distance deliveries from western Russia to Asia ultimately mean more demand and curtailed fleet supply while Europe is also replacing Russian crude with supplies from further afield.
  • Freight rates to Asia from the US, West Africa or Middle East are up to the highest this year. The cost to transport crude from the US Gulf Coast to China has risen 42% month-on-month according to Baltic Exchange data.


Source: Bloomberg

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