Tanker Tightness Builds Around US Gulf Crude　メキシコ湾原油でタンカー逼迫

Some VLCCs linked to Japanese shipping groups are being redeployed from the Middle East, with Aframax and Suezmax charter rates at times exceeding $300,000 a day

邦船社のVLCCも中東から転配、アフラ型・スエズ型用船料が30万ドル超の局面も

As tensions in the Middle East intensify, part of the centre of gravity in crude oil transportation is rapidly shifting towards the US Gulf Coast.

■The full article covers the following points (approximately 3,000 characters)

→ An examination of how vessel deployment decisions in crude transportation are beginning to change as Middle East loadings become less stable

→ A detailed account of how Japanese shipping companies are viewing the US Gulf Coast as an alternative deployment destination for VLCCs

→ An explanation of the practical reasons why LOOP and Corpus Christi are attracting attention as substitute loading points

→ A review of why Aframax and Suezmax charter rates surged sharply during periods of VLCC shortage

→ An analysis, including legal and insurance considerations, of why the US Gulf Coast – rather than the North American West Coast – is emerging as the more realistic option

Photo courtesy of Louisiana Offshore Oil Port Services

(Read the rest in the full article, available in both English and Japanese. The Japanese article appears after the English version.)

メキシコ湾原油でタンカー逼迫

邦船社のVLCCも中東から転配、アフラ型・スエズ型用船料が30万ドル超の局面も

　中東情勢の緊迫化を受け、原油輸送の一部重心が米国メキシコ湾岸へと急速に移っている。

■記事本文では以下の内容を読むことができます（記事全文約3000文字）

→中東積みの不安定化で、原油輸送の配船判断がどのように変わり始めているのかを整理

→日本の海運会社がVLCCの転配先として米メキシコ湾岸をどう見ているかを具体的に記述

→LOOPやコーパスクリスティが代替積み地として注目される実務上の理由を解説

→VLCC不足の局面でアフラ型・スエズ型の用船料が急騰した背景を検証

→北米西岸ではなくメキシコ湾岸が現実的な選択肢となる理由を法務・保険面も含めて分析

Photo courtesy of Louisiana Offshore Oil Port Services

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