Happy New Year! 2021 was great for some, lousy for others, while 2022 should be one where the love gets more evenly spread around.

None are more in need than tankers, which were one of the big losers in 2021, whose situation should improve in the next 12 months as oil output increases.

Crude prices were just short of $80 per barrel at the turn of the year, 60% higher than the level recorded 12 months earlier.