Egypt’s Arab Maritime Petrol­eum Transport Co (AMPTC) has secured a potential premium for one of its new long-range-three (LR3) products tankers fixed for a year with Saudi Aramco.

The 158,000-dwt Sea Shell (built 2016) has been taken for six months at $22,000 per day with an option for six more months at $26,000 per day. Oslo broker Fearnleys says the one-year rate for standard suezmaxes is $19,000 per day.