{
  "id": 8768976,
  "title": "Tanker Market: VLCCs on a Rampage",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/tanker-market-vlccs-on-a-rampage",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-20T21:00:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hellenic Shipping News",
    "slug": "hellenic-shipping-news",
    "url": "https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/tanker-market-vlccs-on-a-rampage/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The tanker market has experienced significant fluctuations this week, with VLCCs on the rise. The TC1 75kt MEG/Japan index climbed 25 points to WS82, while the TC20 90kt MEG/UK-Continent index dropped from $16.5 million to $16.35 million. The TC17 35kt MEG/East Africa index climbed early in the week by around 15 points before stabilizing at just over WS740, generating a daily round-trip TCE of around $90,500. Meanwhile, MR freight levels in the UK-Continental market managed to pick up slightly, with the TC2 37kt ARA/US-Atlantic Coast index increasing by 41 points to WS141, bringing the Baltic TCE for the round trip to just -$477/day.",
  "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."
}