One of the world’s biggest operators of supertankers has provisionally booked a vessel to transport oil from the Persian Gulf to India at nearly nine times benchmark rates, a price that reflects the shortage of avalable ships in the area.
Source: [Bloomberg Markets](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-24/oil-tanker-booked-in-gulf-at-897-of-benchmark-freight-rate)