# Trafigura Charters Supertanker to Load Gasoil from Mideast

> Trafigura loaded diesel onto a VLCC in the Middle East, the first bulk diesel shipment of this kind to the West in nearly a year, taking advantage of lower crude tanker rates. Houthi attacks in the Red Sea have forced vessels onto longer Cape of Good Hope routes, tightening tanker supply.

- Date: 2024-06-21 · published 2024-06-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Middle East · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/29978-trafigura-charters-supertanker-to-load-gasoil-from-mideast
- Commodities: [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md), [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md)

## Why it matters

Longer voyages and tighter vessel availability raise ocean freight costs for refined products and grain, which can widen regional price gaps. The diversion of tankers to move fuel to Europe signals some support for freight rates.

## Read by commodity

- DIESEL: neutral
- OCEANFRT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DIESEL | 2026-10-29 | [UZ: to get priority, oil workers must form route trains \| Ukrainian and World Shipping News - Ukrainian Shipping Magazine - Ukrainian and World Shipping News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/2095-uz-to-get-priority-oil-workers-must-form-route-trains-ukrainian-and-world.md) | -2.4% | — |
| DIESEL | 2018-01-03 | [SUBSCRIBER NOTE: Platts to change USGC-Japan/South Korea LR1 cargo size Feb 1 \| S&P Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66885-subscriber-note-platts-to-change-usgc-japan-south-korea-lr1-cargo-size-feb-1-s.md) | +0.4% | +0.5% |
| DIESEL | 2017-09-13 | [Gauging Pre-Harvest Freight Costs](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69129-gauging-pre-harvest-freight-costs.md) | +1.5% | +1.1% |
| DIESEL | 2021-07-21 | [Rhine closure to impact stocks in ARA, but market unfazed](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6950-rhine-closure-to-impact-stocks-in-ara-but-market-unfazed.md) | +6.5% | +1.1% |
| DIESEL | 2021-01-28 | [ULSD trans-Atlantic shipments divide market on potential arb opportunities \| S&P Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49325-ulsd-trans-atlantic-shipments-divide-market-on-potential-arb-opportunities-s.md) | +5.3% | +18.5% |

## Sources

- gcaptain.com: https://gcaptain.com/trafigura-charters-supertanker-to-load-gasoil-from-mideast/

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