NYSE-listed DHT Holdings has locked in a three-year charter one of its VLCCs in a red hot tanker market.
The 2016-built DHT Panther has been chartered for three years at rate of $100,000 per day from October 2026. The shipowner did not reveal name of the charter but described them as a global energy company.
With the ongoing security concerns in the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab-el-Mandeb spot charter rates for VLCCs are continuing their unprecedented with loadings in the Gulf of Oman hitting the same levels seen for Hormuz transits.
The Kyklades Maritime Corp 2022-built Nissos Kea was reported fixed to BP on a Arabian Gulf – East Coast India voyage, loading in the Gulf of Oman, at a rate of $619,000 per day, according to Tankers International.
The Nissos Kea is one of 77 vessels on an Iranian blacklist issued by the Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PGSA).