Hafnia Management: OPEC deal could boost product tanker

Wednesday's OPEC output deal has triggered a significant climb in the oil price, and this is healthy for the market, Hafnia Management CEO Anders Engholm tells ShippingWatch. Especially for product tankers, he says. ABN Amro's shipping analyst projects rising spot rates in crude, but only on the short term.
BY OLE ANDERSEN

OPEC' surprising deal to cut back the countries' oil output, the first deal in eight years and a move which has sent oil prices soaring by 5-6 percent overnight, could have a positive impact on rate developments in product tanker as the decision will boost trade activity in the oil market, Anders Engholm, CEO of Hafnia Management, tells ShippingWatch.

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