Friday, June 15, 2007

Asian Aframax Tanker Rates Fall as Refiners Hold Back on Booking Vessels

(Bloomberg) -- The cost of shipping 80,000 metric
tons of oil on Asian routes fell 1.2 percent yesterday as
refiners held back on booking ships to transport their July oil
purchases, leaving a glut of vessels competing for business.

The rate of shipping crude or fuel oil on so-called Aframax
tankers to Singapore from Kuwait dropped to Worldscale 144.42
yesterday, according to the London-based Baltic Exchange.


Read more at Bloomberg Energy News

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