Bahri and Petrobras were chartering more tankers in the first half of 2020 despite an overall slowdown in spot activity, according to Poten & Partners.

The US-based broker ranked Petrobras as the world’s third largest dirty tanker charterer by total spot cargo volume, up from the 13th spot between January and June 2019.

Bahri rose to become the 12th largest charterer from No 53.