超级油轮价格飙升亚洲买家开始租用小型油轮

中国石化新闻网讯 据路透社3月16日报道，在沙特阿拉伯的预订热潮刺激超级油轮运价飙升后，越来越多的亚洲炼厂希望租用较小的船只从波斯湾运输原油。

在过去的一周里，被广泛提及的中东至亚洲航线上的大型原油运输船的运输成本已经上涨了约350%。不过，小型苏伊士型油轮和阿芙拉型油轮的租船费率尚未有如此大的增长，阿芙拉型油轮的租赁成本在此期间仅上涨34%。

马来西亚国家石油公司(Petronas)将暂时预订苏伊士型油轮Odessa，将中东原油运往马来西亚炼油厂。两家印度炼油厂还表示，他们将使用更多的小型油轮从波斯湾进口石油。

沙特阿拉伯油轮公司巴赫里（Bahri）本月预订了20多艘油轮（其中大部分是超大型油轮）。由于供应收紧，船东们希望费率可能会变得更高，因此不愿意出租。沙特表示，将在全球范围内大幅增加石油供应。

邹勤 摘译自 路透社

原文如下：

Asian Oil Buyers Hiring Smaller Ships as Supertanker Rates Soar

A growing number of Asian oil refiners are looking to hire smaller vessels to carry crude from the Persian Gulf after a Saudi Arabian booking spree spurred a surge in supertanker rates.

The cost of shipping oil on Very Large Crude Carriers on the widely referenced Middle East to Asia route has jumped around 350% over the past week. However, chartering rates for smaller Suezmax and Aframax vessels haven’t caught up yet, with the cost to hire an Aframax up just 34% over the period.

State-owned oil company Petronas, for example, provisionally booked Suezmax Odessa to carry Middle Eastern crude to its Malaysian refinery, according to fixtures and three traders and shipbrokers. Two Indian refiners also said they will use more smaller ships to import oil from the Persian Gulf.

Shipowners are reluctant to rent out their vessels on hopes that rates may rise even higher as supply tightened after Saudi Arabian tanker company Bahri booked more than 20 vessels this month, most of which were VLCCs. The kingdom has told customers it will significantly ramp up deliveries globally.