Tanker Chartering and Freight Rates

• Published date: 01 July 2015
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/oets.00057
• Date: 01 July 2015

Table 23

Haul Mid East - Mex Gulf/Caribb ean Mid East - Far East Mex Gulf/Carib - US/Can E Coast

Size ('000 DWT) ( VLCC ) ( VLCC ) ( LR 1 )

2011 2012 2013 2014 2011 2012 2013 2014 2011 2012 2013 2014

January 4.96 4.79 3.21 3.84 7.79 8.67 6.02 7.63 6.88 2.87 2.63 -

February 4.89 4.06 2.13 3.73 9.33 6.81 4.48 7.02 3.99 4.62 2.76 2.79

March 5.87 4.15 2.12 3.40 9.77 7.53 4.59 6.09 6.77 4.35 3.63 2.17

April 5.11 4.86 2.32 3.05 10.17 8.07 4.53 5.44 5.06 3.89 2.79 2.05

May 5.57 4.61 2.49 2.97 8.34 7.58 4.88 5.10 5.57 4.71 3.03 2.19

June 5.41 3.94 2.73 3.09 9.47 6.48 5.95 5.10 4.95 4.50 2.10 1.91

July 5.03 2.94 3.03 3.21 7.69 4.66 5.69 6.49 4.06 3.04 3.45 2.79

August 4.83 2.90 2.75 3.02 7.06 4.70 4.90 6.19 4.51 2.72 2.11 1.80

September 4.58 3.06 2.67 2.60 7.08 5.25 4.90 5.59 4.73 3.33 1.97 1.96

October 4.42 2.61 2.97 2.78 7.34 4.86 5.24 5.83 3.74 2.87 2.54 2.57

November 5.13 3.28 3.96 3.52 8.49 5.47 7.57 7.30 4.94 3.72 2.55 3.83

December 4.56 4.56 4.49 3.91 7.97 6.20 8.41 9.33 4.04 3.18 - 2.81

YEAR 5.03 3.81 2.91 3.26 8.38 6.36 5.60 6.43 4.94 3.65 2.69 2.44

(Dollars per Metric Ton)

SPOT DIRTY FREIGHT RATES