Clean tanker period rates are coming under pressure despite a flurry of activity from trader Gunvor.
Brokers reported the Swiss group fixing two LR2s and an MR on term deals.
London shop Braemar said there was continued interest in the aframax-sized LR2s, but on the crude side, “suezmaxes continue to languish with little love being shown and an extremely wide bid/offer spread”.
