Listed owners of dirty-trading tankers continue to read from a bullish script, brushing off concerns that a spate of ordering this year could limit the market’s current strong run.

In a series of third-quarter earnings briefings, public shipowners agreed that the crude sector will experience a highly profitable winter peak season, as is the general consensus by analysts.

But they also expressed a degree of confidence that the orderbook is not yet large enough to threaten to topple rates later next year.

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