Lloyd’s List: Disruption Caused by Militants Lowers World Oil Supply

“Lloyd’s List based this article on Poten & Partners’ recent weekly tanker market opinion. “Poten ‘ Partners says there were 1,010 reported spot tanker dirty fixtures from West Africa in 2005, dominated by suezmaxes (624) and very large crude carriers (334). Half of VLCC discharges are in the US and 44% in Asia.” says the article.”