Skip to content
Home » TANKER SHIPPING

TANKER SHIPPING

View from the deck of a large oil tanker sailing across the deep blue ocean under clear skies

Tiger Cubs roar while China’s oil appetite wanes

China’s oil demand plateau triggers seismic shifts in global tanker trades as India and Southeast Asian Tiger Cubs emerge as the new powerhouses driving petroleum consumption growth worldwide

“Front Gaula,” which was delivered from the South Korean Hyundai shipyard in 2022, is one of 41 VLCC-class tankers that Frontline owns and operates. 13 of them are named after Norwegian rivers

Timing the tide

As crude tankers meander through volatile geopolitics and erratic rates, Frontline’s unflinching allegiance to the spot market raises both brows and returns—depending, of course, on one’s appetite for sea-induced turbulence