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Clean Petroleum Product Tonne-Miles Dipping

OIL PRODUCTS

Global clean petroleum product tonne-miles have dropped in Q4 according to Vortexa.

  • In the MR markets, tonne-miles continued to decline for the second consecutive quarter, while LR2 tonne-mileage remained strong.
  • Europe’s efforts to source alternative volumes of diesel from further destinations as the region moves away from Russian flows has increased parcelling sizes, with MR tanker and LRs taking away market share from the Handysize tankers.
  • Conversely, Russia has struggled to place its diesel in ‘friendly’ markets such as Latin America and West African markets. Total CPP tanker utilization has dropped as a result.
  • A brighter spot for CPP tanker trade is higher volumes coming out of China because of the increased export quotas. There was a nearly 150% increase in diesel/gasoil exports m-o-m in October according to Vortexa.

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