Some Japanese refiners are seeking faster US crude deliveries after Iran war disruptions by using smaller ships that can transit the Panama Canal instead of sailing around Africa, Bloomberg reports
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- Three mid-sized tankers are due to deliver US oil to Japan from late April through May, with two already in the Pacific and a third nearing the canal.
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