{
  "id": 15493222,
  "title": "VLCC Tanker Rates Retreated Last Week",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/vlcc-tanker-rates-retreated-last-week",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-18T21:00:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hellenic Shipping News",
    "slug": "hellenic-shipping-news",
    "url": "https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/vlcc-tanker-rates-retreated-last-week/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "VLCC tanker rates retreated last week, with the TC1 75kt MEG/Japan index climbing by 47 points to WS986, while the corresponding Baltic round-trip TCE improved by $14,800 to $285,400/day. The TC2 37kt ARA/US Atlantic Coast index shed 3 points to WS198, and the corresponding Baltic round-trip TCE fell by $1,200 to $11,500/day. The VLCC rates on the Baltic Exchange routes fell back this week, with the TD3C route dropping 37.5 points to WS1,281 and the TD34 route falling 64 points to WS776.43.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}