Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide, Changing face of VLCC spot market http://www.hellenicshippingnews.com Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide, Online Daily Newspaper on Hellenic and International Shipping PersianTools Rss feed creator v2.5 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en-gb Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide Sun, 19 May 2013 00:53:54 GMT Sun, 19 May 2013 00:53:54 GMT 15 http://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/imgs/logo.jpg Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide, Changing face of VLCC spot market http://www.hellenicshippingnews.com Rss Feed Image 88 31 Changing face of VLCC spot market http://www.hellenicshippingnews.com//News.aspx?ElementID=7f65e602-64ff-4d69-bc77-2d9236bb1ccc <img src="http://drg.blob.core.windows.net/hellenicshippingnewsbody/temp/images/stories/top_stories/Braemar_Shipping_top_new/thumbNail_120x0.jpg"/>With so much discussion of the poor freight rates available to VLCC owners hiring their ships out for voyages from the Middle East to major consumers east and west, it is informative to see how much the spot market for VLCCs has changed in just a few years.Since 2005, there has been a 25% reduction in reported AG/West spot VLCC voyages from 291 in 2005 to 216 in 2011. Just 11 AG/West fixtures were... International Shipping News Wed, 8 Feb 2012 00:00:09 GMT