Supertanker freight-rate and vessel-capacity boom

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Description A tanker capacity squeeze is driving extreme freight rates, vessel-price distortions and policy efforts to expand usable oil-shipping capacity. Overview Hormuz and Persian Gulf disruptions have pushed VLCC hire costs to extreme levels and raised insurance, freight and crew expenses. Immediate vessel availability became…

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Stories in this saga

11 stories, 30 sources

Oct 1, 2026
Old Supertankers Hit $150M to Outprice New Builds
- Supertanker Hire Costs Top $1 Million a Day on Hormuz Congestion20 days ago
- Old Supertankers Outprice New Builds in Tanker Market Boom24 days ago

Oct 3, 2026

Iraq State Oil Marketer Offers October Crude at $37 Discount

Indian Refiners Hire Foreign Tankers for $37 Iraqi Oil17 days ago
Indian Oil Buys 2M Barrels of Iraqi Crude at $32 Discount20 days ago
Indian Oil Buys Iraqi Oil at $28 Discount to Dubai23 days ago

Oct 5, 2026

Iraq Ships Own Oil via Hormuz in First Freight-Risk Move in Decades

Iraq Hires More Oil Tankers to Control Hormuz Transit15 days ago
Gulf Tanker Rates Hit $1.2M a Day on $40M Hormuz Shuttle Runs16 days ago
VLCC Hire Rates Hit Record $1.3 Million a Day17 days ago

Oct 7, 2026

US Oil Trader Bets $2B on Tankers After Carriers Shun Hormuz

ICE Launches 2 Tanker Derivative Contracts Bypassing Strait of Hormuz16 days ago

Oct 8, 2026

Gulf Oil Producers Pay Iran Up to 20% Cargo Tolls for Hormuz Transit

Hormuz Vessel Traffic Plummets to 2 Month Low with Only 7 Ships13 days ago
Shipowners Pay Captains $100,000 Monthly to Keep Hormuz Crude Flowing14 days ago
Shipowners Pay Tanker Captains $50,000 Per Trip Bonus for Hormuz Runs13 days ago

Oct 12, 2026