Supertankers Racing Empty to Lift Oil Highlight Vessel Shortage
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Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the worldAmericas+1 212 318 2000EMEA+44 20 7330 7500Asia Pacific+65 6212 1000Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the worldAmericas+1 212 318 2000EMEA+44 20 7330 7500Asia Pacific+65 6212 1000The Aliakmon I tanker in August.A shortage of oil tankers is becoming so acute that newly built vessels, which usually carry refined fuels on their maiden voyages, are instead racing empty to pick up crude as soon as possible. Six supertankers that were delivered this year have traveled without cargoes from East Asia to load crude in the Middle East, Africa or the Americas, ship-tracking and fixtures data reviewed by Bloomberg and Signal Ocean show. That compares with just one such journey last year.