The freight was fantastic….the cash flow wasn’t

Duncan Ross of Paratus and Partners argues that recent disruption around the Baltic Exchange’s TD3C VLCC benchmark has exposed a growing gap between ‘theoretical freight’ on the screen and ‘capturable freight’ that owners can actually earn – with many declining to send vessels into the Gulf despite headline rates being extraordinary

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