Supertanker freight rates up sharply as US-China trade war envelops ports

Supertanker freight rates surged this week and are set to stay elevated on U.S.-China tit-for-tat hikes in port fees and concerns about the fallout from U.S. sanctions on a major Chinese crude oil terminal. Chinese retaliatory port fees announced on Friday would add more than $7 a barrel in shipping costs for a Very Large …

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