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Home » Tanker Rates Off to Good Start, But Could See Softening Later This Year

Tanker Rates Off to Good Start, But Could See Softening Later This Year

February 24, 2016
Drewry

Four major factors led to the big leap in tanker earnings in 2015: strong growth in oil trade, sluggish expansion of the fleet, a sharp increase in floating storage and lower bunker prices. Tonnage supply, which has increased at a slow pace in recent years, is expected to accelerate in the next two years with deliveries of products as well as crude tankers. At the same time, a gradual decline in floating storage towards normal levels will increase the available tonnage for seaborne trade. Tonnage demand is only expected to increase at a modest pace in the next two years as the growth in oil trade will be sluggish. As a result, tonnage utilisation in the tanker market is expected to decline from the highs seen in 2015 with stronger growth in vessel supply than in demand.

The high freight rates the tanker market has seen in recent times are likely to decrease from 2016, as vessel demand is forecast to decline as a result of ample stocking. Vessel utilisation rates are also forecast to decline as high fleet supply will be met by a decline in vessel demand. Fleet supply is expected to increase on high deliveries, subdued demolitions and return of vessels from floating storage. To this end, vessel owners need to moderate newbuilding activity, as continued high ordering will put freight rates under pressure over the forecast period.

“Low crude prices resulted in high refinery runs and stocking activity, which in turn caused a surge in both crude and products inventories. Soaring inventory is expected to curb trade growth in 2016, as it will reduce the needs for imports,” said Rajesh Verma, Drewry’s lead analyst for tanker shipping.

“Looking further ahead and with the resultant decline in tonnage utilisation, freight rates are expected to fall in the next two years. However, despite the decline in spot freight rates, tanker earnings will still be attractive thanks to the continued weakness in bunker prices,” said Verma.

Source: Drewry

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