TradeWinds' weekly tanker chartering report found an average broker and analyst estimate of $43,700 per day today on the triangular trade between Europe, the US Gulf Coast and the Atlantic seaboard.

That marked a 31.4% rise compared to Friday of last week.(Click here to read the chartering report.)

Connecticut tanker brokerage MJLF tied the rising rates to tighter vessel supply in the market combined with high volumes, driving the TC14 route from the US Gulf to Europe higher.

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