The first tankers have reportedly been booked to lift cargoes from Canada’s newly opened Trans Mountain Expansion (TMX) pipeline project.

Platts reported a rare deal involving Suncor fixing the 115,500-dwt Dubai Angel (built 2010) on subjects from Vancouver to China on 17 May.

The ship will lift 80,000 tonnes of crude, with the charterer paying a lump sum of $3.5m.