Tanker Market: Venezuelan Oil Market Coming Into Play Once More

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Venezuela's crude tanker trade has become a significant demand driver after a period of political constraints limited market activity. The re-entry of Venezuela into the tanker market is contributing to shifts in crude oil transportation and demand.

The Venezuelan market has re-entered the crude tanker trade with more robustness over the past few months. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Xclusiv said that “the Venezuelan crude trade has moved from being a relatively narrow and politically constrained flow into one of the most important incremental demand drivers for the crude tanker market ...