September 21, 2026CommoditiesMacro·Bearish·commodities
Hormuz crisis sends Persian Gulf-to-China supertanker rates above $1.1 million a day, a record
Supertanker rates on the Persian Gulf-to-Far East route have risen 12-fold in a few months to a record above $1.1 million a day, as traffic through the Strait of Hormuz collapses; only 17 commodity vessels crossed over the weekend. Rates have blown through post-pandemic highs.
Detected & updated continuously · Source: Nebula
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