How tankers sold in the red-hot tanker sale and purchase market are supercharging dark fleet oil trades
Many of the newly sold elderly tankers are now sailing to Russia to load their first post-purchase cargo
The demand for elderly tankers for sanctioned Russia-based, Venezuela-based and Iran-based oil trades has lifted secondhand prices by as much as 50% across some segments over the past six months and expanded the fleet of vessels operating in the dark fleet to more than 320