VLCC momentum has been checked in the Persian Gulf on Friday with charterers beating down rates to as low as Worldscale (WS) 82.5 from a peak of WS90. West Africa was very quiet, while cross-Med aframaxes continued to add points.

DIRTY

AG

LA PAZ 285 03/23 KHARG/AIN SUKHNA 82.5 NITC

TMT TBN 280 03/19 KHARG/RSEA 85 NITC

TANKERS TBN 280 04/04 RAS TANURA/USG 57.5 VELA

C. MIGHTY 270 03/23 AG/ULSAN O/P SK

RUBY III 265 03/27 AG/TAIWAN 55 FORMOSA

GRAND 263 03/31 MAA/WC INDIA 69 IOC

YIOMARAL 260 03/28 AG/THAILAND 75 THAI OIL

OCEAN AMBER 130 03/28 AG/THAILAND 87.5 IRPC

PLATRES 80 03/18 AG/KARACHI RNR CNR

AMERICAS

TSUSHIMA 275 03/28 ECMEX/WC INDIA RNR RELIANCE

GENMAR ELEKTRA 70 03/22 ST LUCIA/USG 115 PETROBRAS

BERING SEA 70 03/22 CARIBS/CANAPORT 115 IRVING

MED

MARAN PYTHIA 135 03/29 CPC/UKC 114 TRAFIGURA

PHOENIX AMBITION 80 03/27 BSEA/MED 125 CLEARLAKE

SKS TUGELA 80 03/21 ALGERIA/USAC RNR STATOIL

ALEXIA 80 03/20 TUAPSE/MED 135 ST SHIPPING

BAUCI 30 03/14 MED/MED RNR SHELL

BALTIC

MINERVA CLARA 100 03/24 PRIMORSK/UKC 105 CLEARLAKE

STENA ATLANTICA 100 03/27 PRIMORSK/UKC 105 VITOL

FELICITY 55 03/20 BALTIC/USAC 137.5 BP

FAR EAST

ASTRO SIRIUS 80 03/25 KOJE/DAESAN USD 320K HYUNDAI

ALJALAA 80 04/01 KOJE/HAWAII USD 1.35M TESORO

TH SOUND 80 03/26 SERIA/OKINAWA 94 BP

OCEAN VICTORY 30 03/24 BALIKPAPAN/SPORE USD 390K TOYOTA

CLEAN

AG

GULF MUTTRAH 35 03/15 AG/SAFR RNR CNR

AMERICAS

MERIOM ROSE 38 USG/OPTS RNR CNR

MERSINI 38 03/21 MAMONAL/PORT MOIN RNR ECOPETROL

UKC

ATLANTIC MUSE 38 03/20 UKC/TA MORGAN STANLEY

TORM LENE 37 03/26 UKC/TA 185 STATOIL

TORM HELSINGOR 37 03/19 SINES/TA 177.5 LITASCO

FAR EAST

ZYGI 30 03/23 DALIAN/SPORE USD 445K ARCADIA

RAINBOW QUEST 30 03/23 SKOREA/HKONG RNR CNR

PACIFIC POLARIS 30 03/29 JAPAN/SPORE USD 475K SHELL

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