SHIPPING QUARTERLY: Asia freight rates seen firmer in Q4 despite OPEC+ output cut

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Dirty and clean tanker freight rates are expected to be firm in the October-December quarter amid higher seasonal demand, alternative sourcing from countries other than Russia, and some of the key refineries returning from maintenance, market participants said. Despite China’s weak energy outlook — where crude demand has declined on the year for the first time in two decades, amid…