Lloyds List: Oil Giants Top Dirty Tanker Charter Table

“Shell, ExxonMobil and BP remained the world’s largest charterers of dirty tankers in 2008, responsible for 17% of all reported fixtures. Analysis by New York-based Poten & Partners showed that the three oil giants were the charterers of just over 1,600 of around 5,400 spot fixtures for crude oil tanker transport. “