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FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin Tanker fleet growth has accelerated significantly over the past two years, signalling a shift away from the unusually tight supply environment that supported the market earlier in the cycle, according to the latest analysis by Xclusiv Shipbrokers. As explained, across the main tanker segments, total fleet capacity has increased from approximately 677.8 million dwt at the end of 2023 to around 738.9 million dwt currently, representing growth of approximately 9.0%. However, the expansion has been uneven across segments. RelatedNews French Navy boards suspected shadow fleet tanker in Indian Ocean Baltic States urge EU to ban Russian grain transit var jnews_module_21410903_0_6acdf0f1b419c = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21410903","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"1573,239,1582","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone":"","ads_image_link":"","ads_
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Tanker fleet expansion accelerates as a new supply cycle takes shape

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