An estimated 20% of the VLCC fleet is “relatively restricted for international trade” under ongoing US sanctions, claims Braemar ACM.
The shipbroker calculates that around 156 VLCCs have become “difficult to trade” in the face of sanctions against Iran and Venezuela.
In the other tanker segments the broker says just over a sixth of suezmaxes (74 ships) and about 10% of the aframax/LR2 fleet (128 ships) are impacted.
