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LR2s Turn Dirty: A larger fleet, but fewer LR2s trading clean

Dirty Employment Gains Ground The LR2 market has undergone a marked change in vessel employment since the start of 2025. Signal Ocean data show that dirty employment accounted for 74.2% of the LR2 fleet on 30 October 2026, compared with 53.0% on 1 January 2025. The shift accelerated in 2026, reducing the number of LR2s ...

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US ethanol readily available to fuel the world’s methanol-capable fleet

Ethanol can use the dual-fuel engines and bunkering infrastructure built for methanol with limited modification. That gives shipowners a readily available fuel for a growing fleet at a time when…

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  • US ethanol production capacity exceeds demand by 2 billion gallons
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