Tanker rates climb as winter demand and geopolitical tensions fuel market optimism
- Crude tanker rates have rallied sharply over the past week, buoyed by Opec+ production increases and tightening EU sanctions
- Clean tanker rates expected to rise further as Europe leans on Indian and Asian fuel, amid refinery outages and looming sanctions
- Shipbrokers are optimistic that rates will stay buoyed in the fourth quarter
New EU sanctions, refinery turnarounds and Opec+’s production hike set to buoy tanker rates
