Charterers continued to pile in for VLCCs loading in the Persian Gulf in late January, sending rates up again. BP paid Worldscale (WS) 65 into Korea, up from WS58 on Thursday and worth more than $40,000 per day. Cross-Med aframaxes were on the rise too, increasing to WS137.5 from WS125.

DIRTY

AG

LEO GLORY 280 01/26 MAA/WEST RNR KPC

APOLLONIA 280 01/28 BOT/USG-ECC 55-57.5 CSSSA

YANGTZE SPRING 270 01/28 AG/SKOREA 58 (09) HMM

AGELEF TBN 270 01/25 AG/JAPAN 60 (09) NGT

WAFRAH 270 01/23 BOT/SKOREA 65 (09) BP

DUQM 270 01/24 AG/SKOREA 59 (09) S OIL

GEORGIOS 265 01/20 AG/TAIWAN 69.75 FORMOSA

JAG LAYAK 130 01/29 BASHAYER/FUJAIRAH USD 1.6M VITOL

GEMINI TBN 130 01/30 AG/SPAIN-RSEA RNR-RNR REPSOL

ALDAWHA 130 01/24 BASHAYER/EAST 110 (09) ARCADIA

IBLEA 80 01/25 BASHAYER/JAPAN 165 CNR

TEEKAY TBN 80 01/23 AG/EAST 137.5 SHELL

AKAKI 80 01/22 YANBU/EAST 152.5 SPC

WAF

ANDROMEDA 260 02/02 WAF/USG 72.5 (09) CHEVRON

MAERSK NOBLE 260 01/26 WAF/USG 75 STASCO

BW HIBISCUS 260 01/29 WAF/USG RNR CONOCO

ALGECIRAS SPIRIT 130 01/22 WAF/SPAIN O/P CEPSA

TAIPAN 130 01/30 WAF/UKCM 125 (09) CSSSA

GENMAR ST NIKOLAS 130 01/28 WAF/USG 115 (09) EXXONMOBIL

RIO GENOA 130 01/29 WAF/UKCM 125 (09) CSSSA

TANGO 130 01/27 WAF/USWC RNR VALERO

AMERICAS

ANTARES VOYAGER 260 01/30 BRAZIL/USG-CARIBS 72.5-75 (09) PETROBRAS

BARBAROSA 130 01/30 BRAZIL/USG-UKCM-USWC 150-155-170 PETROBRAS

JACOB TBN 50 01/11 ECMEX/USG-USAC 147.5-137.5 VALERO

HEIDMAR TBN 50 01/12 USG/CBS RNR TRAFIGURA

VICTORY III 50 01/19 TRINIDAD/USAC 130 CHEMOIL

HELLESPONT 50 01/18 ST CROIX/USAC 145 HESS

MED

FRONT VANGUARD 260 01/28 ARZEW/USG 77.5 (09) VALERO

JAG LAKSHITA 130 01/28 CEYHAN/INDO USD 4.75M PTT

AISHA 130 01/12 ARZEW/USG 97.5 (09) SONATRACH

HILDEGAARD 80 01/15 LIBYA/UKC 137.5 PETROGAL

TRIDENT HOPE 80 01/15 LIBYA/GREECE 135 HELLENIC

UKC

SCF CAUCASUS 135 01/25 MONGSTADT/TA 115 (09) STATOIL

BALTIC

STENA ANTARCTICA 100 01/14 PRIMORSK/UKC 105 ST SHIPPING

TOVE KNUTSEN 100 01/12 BALTIC/EAST USD 3.1M CHEMOIL

FAR EAST

NEW ADVANCE 80 01/20 SHIMOTSU/SPORE USD 580K EXXONMOBIL

NEW ALLIANCE 80 01/18 INDO/CHINA 137.5 UNIPEC

CLEAN

AMERICAS

STENA TBN 38 01/12 CBS/USAC 160 ST SHIPPING

MOUNT KARAVA 38 01/11 USG/CBS RNR CNR

CONTI AGULHAS 38 01/07 CBS/USAC 147.5 BP

UKC

STENA PROGRESS 60 01/30 PORVOO/TA RNR NESTE

POLITISA LADY 38 01/19 UKC/TA 205 CONOCO

ARCTIC BLIZZARD 37 01/22 PORVOO/ ST SHIPPING

NAVIG8 STRENGTH 37 01/19 UKC/TA 205 CHEVRON

ALAM BUDI 37 01/21 UKC/TA 210 CNR

OCEAN CREST 36 01/10 UKC/WAF 230 NYALA