FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin The tanker newbuilding market has entered 2026 with considerably stronger momentum, reflecting growing confidence in long-term market fundamentals despite continued uncertainty surrounding environmental regulations and future propulsion technologies, according to Xclusiv Shipbrokers. As of mid-2026, the tanker fleet (>10,000 dwt) consists of 8,090 vessels, while the global orderbook has expanded to 1,535 ships, resulting in an orderbook-to-fleet ratio of 19.0%. This compares with an active fleet of 7,746 vessels and an orderbook of 1,220 vessels during the same period of 2025, when the ratio stood at 15.8%. RelatedNews Fire breaks out aboard tanker off Mexico’s Baja California Sur Crew casualty marks latest escalation in Strait of Hormuz crisis var jnews_module_21378079_0_6a561205d346f = {"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":"21378079","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"1189,1573,239","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