In the latest edition of Fearnleys’ weekly industry overview the firm argued that the delivery schedules attached to a string of recent tanker orders serve as further evidence that decent slots still exist despite reports to the contrary.

“Activity for tankers is picking up,” the brokerage told clients Wednesday in reference to a series of suezmax and VLCC contracts that Sonangol and Maran Tankers placed at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in South Korea.

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