Trafigura Books Supertanker to Ship Forties Crude Oil to Asia
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Trafigura Beheer BV booked a very large crude carrier to haul Forties oil to Asia, raising the number of supertankers involved in the trade to at least 16 since mid-December, according to shipbroker reports.
Trafigura chartered the Fida to load 270,000 metric tons of crude at Hound Point in the U.K., the loading terminal of the North Sea Forties blend, on July 15 at a cost of $3.7 million to $4.9 million, according to reports from Athens-based Optima Shipbrokers Ltd. and Norwegian shipbroker PF Bassoe AS today. Vessel charters are sometimes not concluded. The VLCC has been booked to unload in Singapore or South Korea, the reports show.