Unipec held on to the top slot in both spot crude fixtures and cargo volumes last year, Poten & Partners says in its weekly tanker opinion.
Poten counted overall spot fixtures of 10,264 in 2016, a 2% gain relative to 2015.
The Sinpoec trading arm led by Zhao Dai Ming moved some 176 million tonnes of dirty cargo last year, accounting for 13.5%
