国际油轮运输市场:运价持续攀升

International tanker market overview:Rates rise in a roll

2月,“黑天鹅”事件搅动油轮市场,市场预期中东、美国、巴西等国出口增加有望填补当前供给缺口,带来有效的长航线需求,原油轮市场由此一改年初以来的颓势,运价节节上升。需求端方面,中国、印度受疫情和假期因素双重影响需求下滑,欧洲补库存窗口开启,支撑大西洋海运需求。而在成品油轮市场,欧美炼厂开工率继续上升,运价走高。

“Black Swan”event stirred the tanker market in February.Middle East,the U.S.and Brazil were expected to increase oil export to fill in the supply gap,which would generate valid long-haul shipping demand.Crude tanker sector shifted from depression at the beginning of the new year and rates kept climbing up.On the demand end,China and India decreased their demand under the mixed influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic and the holidays;Europe opened restock window and supported Atlantic shipping demand.Product tanker sector witnessed growing rates while European and American refineries continued to increase their utilization rates.