#VLCC pressure from the past 2wks is starting to shift to #Suezmax. Mar-26 Laycan fixtures already at 22, the highest all time (post covid). Expect 8-9 more #stems, plus 3–4 VLCC cargo splits moving to Smax. India is emerging as the key pivot after 6 Suezmax #fixtures last week.

#shipping #freight #CrudeOil #tanker #oott #Aframax #Suezmax #LR2 #LR1 #OPEC #VLCC

VesselAlert
Name: SUEZMAX
MMSI: 244660401
Callsign: PB4667
Type: Tanker
Flag: Netherlands
Seen: 21-Feb-2026 07:46:21 CET
Speed: 0.0 kts
Heading: 73 deg
Dest.: ANTWERPEN 6E HAVENDO
Distance: 62.4 nm
Signal RSSI: 0.0 dBFS
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What happens when the VLCC spot market stops being about volume and starts being about control? open.substack.com/pub/shipping... #shipping #freight #CrudeOil #tanker #oott #Aframax #Suezmax #LR2 #LR1 #OPEC #VLCC #oott #tott

VesselAlert
Name: SUEZMAX
MMSI: 244660401
Callsign: PB4667
Type: Tanker
Flag: Netherlands
Seen: 19-Feb-2026 20:24:33 CET
Speed: 0.0 kts
Heading: 91 deg
Dest.: AMSTERDAM AMERIKAHAV
Distance: 61.8 nm
Signal RSSI: 0.0 dBFS
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Iranian Uncertainty The Uncertainty….

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#shipping #freight #CrudeOil #tanker #oott #Aframax #Suezmax #LR2 #LR1 #OPEC #VLCC

VesselAlert
Name: SUEZMAX
MMSI: 244660401
Callsign: PB4667
Type: Tanker
Flag: Netherlands
Seen: 14-Feb-2026 14:16:03 CET
Speed: 7.3 kts
Heading: 354 deg
Dest.: AMSTERDAM MAURITIUSH
Distance: 61.3 nm
Signal RSSI: 0.0 dBFS
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VesselAlert
Name: SUEZMAX
MMSI: 244660401
Callsign: PB4667
Type: Tanker
Flag: Netherlands
Seen: 08-Feb-2026 06:40:33 CET
Speed: 0.0 kts
Heading: 282 deg
Dest.: AMSTERDAM AFRIKAHAVE
Distance: 62.2 nm
Signal RSSI: 0.0 dBFS
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VesselAlert
Name: SUEZMAX
MMSI: 244660401
Callsign: PB4667
Flag: Netherlands
Seen: 25-Jan-2026 00:14:37 CET
Status: under way using engine
Speed: 7.1 kts
Heading: 278 deg
Dest.: AMSTERDAM JAN VAN RI
Distance: 59.6 nm
Signal RSSI: 0.0 dBFS
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VesselAlert
Name: SUEZMAX
MMSI: 244660401
Callsign: PB4667
Type: Tanker
Flag: Netherlands
Seen: 21-May-2025 05:10:26 CEST
Status: under way using engine
Heading: 180 deg
Dest.: AMSTERDAM JAN VAN RI
Distance: 61.0 nm
Signal RSSI: -24.5 dBFS
Ship AIS VesselAlert © kx1t - link

How Trump’s trade war could play out for crude tanker rates THE US-China trade war has minimal direct impact on crude tankers. US tariffs exclude crude, and while China has placed levies on US crude, it hadn’t been importing much anyway. According to Energy In...

How Trump’s trade war could play out for crude tanker rates

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#TradeWar #Vortexa #Tankers #MarketInsight #FreightRates #VLCC #UnitedStates #AsiaPacific #China #Suezmax #Aframaxes #DonaldTrump

‘Strong’ legal reasons to seize sanctioned Russian oil tanker, says shipping lawyer Clyde & Co lays out the reasons why German government will feel safe in confiscating Russian oil on suezmax

‘Strong’ #legal reasons to seize sanctioned #Russia #oil #tanker, says shipping #lawyer.

#Clyde&Co lays out the reasons why #Germany #government will feel safe in confiscating Russian oil on #suezmax.

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