For the first time ever, not one single-skin VLCC inhabits the Middle East position list.
Braemar Seascope reports that there are 56 double-hull tankers arriving in the Gulf over the next 30 days, but the singles bar is empty.
But the market is under pressure.
The broker tells us that so far in December there have been 78 cargoes concluded for loading within this month.
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