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Middle East tanker rates during US-Iran conflict

Approximate daily freight rates digitized from a user-supplied SVG and recast as area, spread, and bubble views.

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Focus dateApr 7, 2026

Combined at focus$171.8/mt

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Apr 7, 2026

Dataset noteLR2 $91.1/mt and VLCC $80.7/mt on Apr 7, 2026.Peak combined level $207.4/mt on Mar 2, 2026

Platts Arab Gulf-UKC LR2products tanker benchmark

Platts Arab Gulf-China VLCCcrude tanker benchmark

Bubble radiusabsolute day-over-day move

Area view compares absolute levels, spread bars show VLCC minus LR2, and bubble mode sizes each point by the absolute day-over-day move.

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