tonnage
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“When things get expensive, it’s not a surprise for us to see tonnage down, particularly in India and China,” according to the strategist.
Counterintuitively, electrifying long routes would be harder for small ships, because they carry less tonnage for their size.
A shadow fleet of vessels that transports this sanctioned oil has ballooned to a fifth of global deadweight tonnage, data from maritime journal Lloyd’s List shows.
The crackdown on “dark fleet” tankers is likely to tighten effective crude tanker supply, boosting demand for tonnage of compliant very-large crude carriers, the analysts note.
Excluding China’s launches and SpaceX’s share is closer to 70%, and the tonnage it can deliver to space exceeds that figure.
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