Cargo Flows

Global Base Oils Cargo Flows: Week To 29 May

Iain Pocock

  • Saudi Arabia loaded multiple cargoes in May, with recent shipments heading to Northwest Europe and Fujairah

  • Taiwan's second-half May shipments rose from the first half, with total May volumes likely to exceed April

  • South Korea cargo flows pointed to renewed US Gulf coast flows in early June, with another cargo loaded in the past week bound for the US Gulf coast

Asia

·         Several more cargoes of Group II base oils loaded from Taiwan in the past week, with shipments heading mostly to Southeast Asia.

·         Taiwan’s base oils exports rose in second-half May from the first half, with total May volumes likely exceeding April levels but still lagging March.

·         Large cargo set to load from South Korea in early June; size of shipment pointed to US Gulf coast as the likely destination.

·         Cargo loaded from South Korea in the past week before heading to the US Gulf coast, set to arrive in early July.

·         Enquiry for vessel to load cargo from India in first-half June, with Asia or Americas as destination options.

Middle East

·         Large cargo loaded from Saudi Arabia in late May before heading to Fujairah, set to arrive in first-half June; shipment size suggested it could continue to outlet such as India.

·         Cargo loaded from Saudi Arabia in the past week before heading to Northwest Europe, set to arrive in first-half June.

·         Cargo loaded from Saudi Arabia in mid-May before heading to Northwest Europe, set to arrive in first-half June.

Europe

·         Cargo set to load from Spain at end-May, with India the likely destination.

·         Cargo loaded from Northwest Europe in early April before heading to India, set to arrive in the coming week.

Americas

·         Cargo loaded from the US Gulf coast in the past week before heading to South Africa; shipment size pointed to the cargo then continuing to other outlets such as India.

·         Cargo loaded from Brazil in early May before heading to India, set to arrive in early June.

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