# Oil Tanker Tycoon’s WhatsApp Messages Drive Big Market Moves

- Source: gCaptain (shipping)
- Published: 2026-10-27T16:49:34+00:00
- Category: World
- Original: https://gcaptain.com/oil-tanker-tycoons-whatsapp-messages-drive-big-market-moves/
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/oil-tanker-tycoon-s-whatsapp-messages-drive-big-market-moves-b594d3/

The messages from the world’s biggest supertanker owner often begin with pleasantries: “Dear Ladies and Gentlemen.” Within minutes, the WhatsApps are the talk of the oil-tanker industry, a multibillion-dollar corner of the energy market that’s been plunged into chaos by the Iran war this year, and where word of mouth is the main way information spreads.

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