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Dry Bulk Freight Index3,056▲ +4.4%Capesize5,033▲ +6.3%Dirty Tanker Index2,801▼ -0.1%Panamax2,246▲ +3.7%Supramax1,643▲ +0.1%Clean Tanker Index1,353▲ +0.0%Handysize880▲ +0.3%Dry Bulk Freight Index3,056▲ +4.4%Capesize5,033▲ +6.3%Dirty Tanker Index2,801▼ -0.1%Panamax2,246▲ +3.7%Supramax1,643▲ +0.1%Clean Tanker Index1,353▲ +0.0%Handysize880▲ +0.3%Dry Bulk Freight Index3,056▲ +4.4%Capesize5,033▲ +6.3%Dirty Tanker Index2,801▼ -0.1%Panamax2,246▲ +3.7%Supramax1,643▲ +0.1%Clean Tanker Index1,353▲ +0.0%Handysize880▲ +0.3%Dry Bulk Freight Index3,056▲ +4.4%Capesize5,033▲ +6.3%Dirty Tanker Index2,801▼ -0.1%Panamax2,246▲ +3.7%Supramax1,643▲ +0.1%Clean Tanker Index1,353▲ +0.0%Handysize880▲ +0.3%Dry Bulk Freight Index3,056▲ +4.4%Capesize5,033▲ +6.3%Dirty Tanker Index2,801▼ -0.1%Panamax2,246▲ +3.7%Supramax1,643▲ +0.1%Clean Tanker Index1,353▲ +0.0%Handysize880▲ +0.3%Dry Bulk Freight Index3,056▲ +4.4%Capesize5,033▲ +6.3%Dirty Tanker Index2,801▼ -0.1%Panamax2,246▲ +3.7%Supramax1,643▲ +0.1%Clean Tanker Index1,353▲ +0.0%Handysize880▲ +0.3%
Freight & charter · Tanker

Dirty Tanker Index

Crude oil tanker composite

2,801
points · 27 Aug 2026
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Current level

2,801-2 pts

27 Aug 2026

What this index measures — Daily freight index for crude-oil (dirty) tankers — the composite reading of the VLCC, Suezmax and Aframax route baskets that carry unrefined crude.

Month over month

+7.7%

Year to date

+28.7%

Year over year

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5-year

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Daily index level · 2026-06-19 – 2026-08-27

Dirty Tanker Index — history

The full daily history of this index, straight from the feed — one point per publishing day, no interpolation. Non-publishing days simply have no point.

window low 1,856window high 3,004observations 43

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How this index is computed

Daily composite of the standard crude/products route baskets for the dirty tanker index segment, weighted by tonnage and normalised to a single index reading. Published each business day. The Maritime republishes this licensed daily index under our own generic name; we never reproduce the licensor's brand or letter-code.