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Tanker Markets Break Loose as Physical Barrels Vanish from Global Trade

freight_commodity_indices UTC: 2026-03-19 23:50:09

Surging oil prices in physical markets - the trading place for oil on ships, rail cars or in storage tanks - have outpaced the already dizzying increases in benchmark futures markets, as refiners and traders across Asia and Europe are snapping up whatever barrels they can secu...

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