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Booming VLCC at highest level since the financial crisis

Spot rates for the biggest tankers climbed to the highest level in seven years last week, reports Morgan Stanley. Chinese demand absorbed virtually all available tanker vessels in the Middle East.

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BY KATRINE GRØNVALD RAUN
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