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The world’s supertanker orderbook has reached a record high, eclipsing the ordering frenzy of 2008 that ultimately flooded the market and sent freight rates into a prolonged collapse. There are currently 262 very large crude carriers (VLCCs) on order at shipyards around the world, according to Clarksons Research. VLCC contracting in the year to date …
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market_report Splash247 ·2026-06-09

VLCC orderbook hits record high

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