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Tanker Owners Having The Best Week Of The Hormuz Crisis As VLCC Rates Soar

Tanker Owners Having The Best Week Of The Hormuz Crisis As VLCC Rates Soar By Julianne Geiger of OilPrice.com The Strait of Hormuz may be reopening, but don't tell tanker owners the crisis is over. They're making too much money. As Middle Eastern producers scramble to move crude that has spent months stranded in the Persian Gulf, tanker rates have exploded higher, turning a slow return to normal into a windfall for shipping companies. According to Reuters, the cost of hiring a tanker in the Gulf has nearly doubled in just a week, jumping...
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