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Some 2.13 million tons of jet fuel on 36 tankers is tracked arriving in Europe over August as holiday season flying peaks in the region. Volumes exported from Asia are at 580,000 tons, and comprise around 27% of ... continue reading

There's fresh evidence that traders are taking positions that will see diesel and gasoil held in floating storage in northwest Europe, as a further three large product tankers each load up to 100,000-ton cargoes of the middle distillate ... continue reading

U.S. exports of diesel to Europe arriving in July are on track to reach a six- month high, adding to the pressure of additional supplies from the Middle East, India and Russia, which are depressing prices and cracks in ... continue reading

Tanker STI Alexis has become the eighth Europe-bound vessel in four weeks to ship jet fuel via the longer route around the Cape of Good Hope from the Middle East and Asia. The Long Range 2 tanker, which loaded the ... continue reading

The Europe-bound Loukas I has diverted mid-Atlantic, taking its 38,000-ton cargo of diesel to South America, amid plunging prices and a glut of the middle distillate seen arriving this month in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp region from competitor suppliers in Saudi ... continue reading

Imports of jet fuel into Europe in July remain poised to hit a nine-month high even as three cargoes -- all loaded last month from the Reliance Jamnagar refinery in India -- are seen diverting to Canada or Iceland. Buoyed by higher-than-average ... continue reading

Premiums paid for diesel delivered to Mediterranean ports rebounded strongly this week to raise prices from two-month lows, amid an immediate shortfall of cargoes arriving this month from swing suppliers Saudi Arabia and India. The price for ultra-low sulfur diesel ... continue reading

A Long Range 2 tanker has been reportedly chartered to load a Europe-bound cargo of jet fuel from China, a rare supplier of the middle distillate west of the Suez Canal. The Abliani was chartered by CSSSA, the shipping arm ... continue reading

The Europe-bound tanker Sea Horizon, laden with a 38,000-metric-ton cargo of diesel, diverted to Venezuela over the weekend, amid falling prices in the Mediterranean and northwest Europe for the middle distillate. The tanker, which loaded at the Magellan Galena ... continue reading

Volumes of jet fuel imported into Europe in July are set to hit their highest levels in nearly nine months, swelled by cargoes from Asia and India, and amid a fall in outright prices from seven-month highs. Some 2.4 ... continue reading

An influx of diesel cargoes from the Middle East and Asia is seen heading for Europe amid a deepening contango for middle distillates in the region. Some 600,000 metric tons on seven tankers from Saudi Arabia is scheduled to ... continue reading

LONDON, July 4 (Reuters) – At least two tankers carrying gasoline-making components have dropped anchor off New York Harbor for nearly a week, unable to discharge their cargoes in the latest sign that storage for the fuel is running out, traders ... continue reading

There are indications that diesel and gasoil demand in Europe's five leading countries is flat-lining this year, following a stellar 2015 when lower prices saw middle distillates consumption in the region post the first gains in five years. BP ... continue reading

Castleton Commodities International (CCI) is rebuilding its presence in the European jet fuel market, leading imports into Europe this month. Tanker tracking shows the former physical oil trading business of Morgan Stanley controls four ships carrying some 300,000 metric ... continue reading

The Palawan Star, a Long Range 1 tanker, loaded a 60,000-ton cargo of jet fuel from the Russian Baltic port of Ust Luga, the largest jet cargo seen coming out of this region, but seven days later appears to ... continue reading

A Europe-bound tanker laden with 60,000 metric tons of jet fuel will arrive within 24 hours at the Caribbean storage port of St. Croix on the U.S. Virgin Islands after diverting from its original destination of Rotterdam. The ... continue reading

Some 4 million metric tons of ultra-low-sulfur diesel was tracked to Europe on 103 vessels over the month of May, according to the OPIS Tanker Tracker. A further 2.1 million tons is so far tracked arriving in June on ... continue reading

Total's need for jet fuel and diesel as refinery output in France is disrupted by strike action is seeing some 390,000 metric tons of jet fuel and over half a million tons of diesel either stuck outside ports ... continue reading

Korean traders and European summer holidays are lending a seasonal lift to jet fuel imports to Europe, with 1.8 million metric tons on 33 vessels already tracked arriving in the 28 member countries in June. Imports normally start rising ... continue reading

SINGAPORE, April 20 (Reuters) - Six supertankers have lined up at Kuwait's crude export terminal to load oil on Wednesday, as the country's oil and gas sector gradually returns to normal after workers ended a three-day strike that had ... continue reading