国际油轮运输市场:冲高回落

International Tanker Market Overview:Soar First and Then Fall

4月,美国战略石油储备释放和中国疫情反复推动油轮市场进入多空角力,油轮运价冲高回落。月初,美国第三次释放1.8亿桶战略石油储备,美湾出货增加,带动运价上行。月中,三大机构月报均下调了年度全球能源消费增幅预期,运价掉头向下。月末,中国多地出现疫情反复,运价继续承压。原油轮市场,2022年3月,欧佩克原油产量2856万桶/日,较上月微增0.2%。中国原油进口量4271万吨,环比上升17.5%。成品油轮市场,亚洲需求带动市场回暖,综合运价水平稳步上涨。

The release of strategic oil reserve by the U.S.and the repeated epidemic out breaks in China pushed the tanker market into a battlefield with bulls and bears,accordingly pushing freight rates to soar first and then fall in April.At the start of the month,the U.S.released its strategic oil reserve for the third time,180m barrels in total as planned,and the Gulf of Mexico increased shipments,driving up freight rates.In the end of the month,the epidemic outbreaks in many places of China exerted huge pressure on freight rates.