Scrubber-fitted tankers’ premium in the spot market is expected to continue, shipbroker Barry Rogliano Salles (BRS) believes.
In a note published on Monday, the French broking house said a VLCC sailing from the Middle East Gulf to China without a scrubber is earning -$12,800 per day, while one with a scrubber is earning a “slightly-less-miserable” $6,000 per day.
BRS said where that spread goes from here depends on the supply of crude and its impact on the spread between very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) and high-sulphur fuel oil (HSFO).
