Alphatanker has predicted much more tanker scrapping this year amid a “perfect storm” of regulatory pressure and severe tonnage oversupply.
In a weekly note, the AXSMarine research unit forecast that 93 crude and product tankers larger than 34,000 dwt would be recycled in 2021.
These includes 25 VLCCs, 14 suezmaxes, 21 aframaxes, 2 LR2s and 18 MR2s.
