Spot VLCC earnings remain above $100,000 per day after the US killed Iranian general Qassem Soleimani but not spiked dramatically due to heightened geopolitical tension.

Time charter equivalent earnings of non-scrubber VLCCs on the Middle East-East Asia route increased to $104,800 per day Friday from $101,300 per day Thursday, according to Poten & Partners.

Earnings of scrubber-fitted VLCC rose to $130,600 per day from $127,900 per day.