Oil Shipping Costs Spike, Lifting Prices from Pump to Grocery

October 15, 2026•Read full article on source

When the oil supertanker Esteem Explorer sails from the United States to Japan in late November, loaded with about 2 million barrels of crude, the journey will cost $81 million. The same journey would have cost $9.1 million last year, on average.

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