Rates for medium-range (MR) tankers have jumped overnight following the shutdown of a US pipeline yesterday.
Colonial Pipeline closed its main gasoline and distillates pipelines after an explosion and fire in Alabama, which killed a worker and injured five.
This helped tanker rates spike to $15,000 per day from $6,900, Clarksons Platou Securities said.
The shipbroker added that the closure will bring more gasoline imports into New York from Europe.
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