Product tanker owners have been in talks with energy majors over floating storage deals, but few fixtures are likely to materialise due to lucrative freight earnings in spot trading, according to market players.

In mid-March, BP provisionally fixed Concordia Maritime’s 65,200-dwt Stena Polaris (built 2010) to store jet fuel for 40 days to 60 days at $25,500 per day, Reuters reported.