據3月11日Arabian Business 報道，沙特阿拉伯正準備向世界供應大量的石油，以至于該國現有運力無法滿足需求。

據知情人士透露，沙特國家航運公司巴赫里(Bahri)已經初步預定了至少八艘超級油輪，將于本月和下月從沙特主要的石油港口起航。這些船只的石油裝載量大約為200萬桶/艘。

沙特阿美承諾，下個月的原油日產量將達到創紀錄的1230萬桶，較2月份增加25%。

世界最大的國際航運組織BIMCO首席航運分析師Peter Sand表示： “沒有那么多的石油需求，這就是油價暴跌的原因。目前的全球供應增長不是由需求增長驅動的，而是主要由生產商造成的。”

一位知情人士表示，預計下個月將有大量原油產出，這將需要更多油輪，尤其是前往沙特阿美最大市場亞洲的油輪。據克拉克森研究服務有限公司(Clarkson Research Services Ltd.)表示，巴赫里擁有41艘超級油輪，是世界上最大的油輪運營商之一。近年來，石油運輸公司經常運輸沙特的原油，這意味著沙特不需要依賴國外的運力將石油運往墨西哥灣。

根據彭博社數據顯示，美國墨西哥灣-中東航線超級油輪運價上漲57%。周二，波羅的海交易所數據顯示，該交易所的日收益升至50071美元，幾乎是周一的三倍。隨著企業尋求船舶作為浮式存儲裝置，運價已經在上漲。

王佳晶 摘譯自 Arabian Business

原文如下：

Saudi Arabia seeks more supertankers to carry its flood of oil

Saudi Arabia is preparing to unleash so much oil on the world that its own fleet can’t handle it all.

The kingdom’s National Shipping Co, also known as Bahri, has booked on a preliminary basis at least eight supertankers to load this month and next from Saudi Arabia’s main oil ports, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified because the information isn’t public. The ships, each able to carry about 2 million barrels of oil, include Dalian, Agios Sostis and Hong Kong Spirit, they said. It’s not uncommon for preliminary bookings to fail.

Next month, the kingdom’s state-owned Aramco has pledged to supply a record 12.3 million barrels a day, 25% higher than in February.

“No one needs that much more oil and that’s why oil prices have collapsed,” said Peter Sand, chief shipping analyst at industry group BIMCO. “The current global supply increases isn’t being driven by demand growth, its mainly caused by producers.”

The flood of crude scheduled for next month will require more tankers, particularly for trips to Asia, Aramco’s largest market, said one person.

Bahri runs a fleet of 41 supertankers, making it among the world’s largest operators of the vessels, according to Clarkson Research Services Ltd. The carriers often transport the kingdom’s crude and have, in recent years, meant the kingdom didn’t need to rely on outside companies to haul its barrels to the Gulf of Mexico.

Supertanker rates for Middle East-U.S. Gulf Coast route jumped by 57%, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Daily earnings rose to $50,071 a day, almost triple from Monday, according to Baltic Exchange data. Rates were already on the way up as companies sought ships to use as floating storage.