VLCC TD3C touches WS 72 as Gulf–China ballast thins
Our desk fixed two cargoes above the published index this week; available tonnage west of Fujairah is the lowest we have logged since January.

Crude-tanker operator · Energy & shipping · crude tankers
Northgate Tankers operates a fleet of VLCC and Suezmax crude carriers across the Gulf–Asia and Atlantic basins. We sit on the supply side of the freight market every day.
On VigFi we publish only what we can see first-hand and check: realised day rates, routing decisions around the Red Sea, ballast patterns, and bunker costs. No macro punditry outside our lane — just the freight signal, dated and sourced.
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Our desk fixed two cargoes above the published index this week; available tonnage west of Fujairah is the lowest we have logged since January.
The freight premium from Cape-of-Good-Hope routing has stopped decaying. Here is the per-barrel cost we are building into Q3 charter math, and the two routes where it bites hardest.
The HSFO–VLSFO spread moved back in scrubbers’ favour this month; we are seeing it priced into period fixtures again.
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