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By the Numbers: LR2 Demand Grows

MarineLink - News Trade press Published 8th October 2026 Global

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What the source reported

Source-reported

"During the first nine months of 2026, clean product volumes loaded on LR2 tankers fell 28% year-on-year following disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz. Despite the lower volumes, tonne-mile demand increased 2% year-on-year,” says Niels Rasmussen…

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MarineLink - News · Trade Publication
Published
8th October 2026
Original report
marinelink.com

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What ProcIntel recorded

ProcIntel-derived
Category
Supply Chain & Logistics
Geography
Global
Organisations
None identified
Collected
8th October 2026 · 14:57

Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.

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Significance 1 · Low
Confidence 3 · Moderate

Initial Significance Low (18.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (6.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Geographic Breadth (0.0/10 points). Initial Confidence Moderate (46.5/100, data sufficiency: Partial). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (20.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Extraction Quality (3.0/15 points).

Strongest contributor
Procurement Impact
Limiting factor
Geographic Breadth
Possibly the same underlying story as Shippers Seek Airfreight Rates 'Floating Mechanisms' Before Committing to Long-Term Capacity as Demand Grows +6% Year-on-Year in September — flagged automatically, never merged automatically.