Tanker market report dated 4 January 2019
07 January 2019Late in 2018, China issued a raft of additional refined product export quotas to cope with a domestic oversupply of fuel. These additional volumes were partly responsible for the strength of the Asian product tanker market towards the end of 2018 and the persistent weakness in the Asian oil products markets. For many the question is therefore: what will Chinese refined product export volumes look like in 2019, and can they help sustain the regional product tanker market? The weekly tanker market report by Gibson Shipbrokers features an overview of the crude oil and oil product tanker market.