Surging Freight Rates Close the door on US Crude Oil Shipments to Asia

(Reuters) – The economic incentive to import oil from the U.S. Gulf Coast to Asia has closed as the cost of booking supertankers on the route has surged amid a jump in bookings for the vessels, traders said this week. With the arbitrage for U.S. shipments closed, Asian refiners may make up some of the … Read more