当超级油轮“埃斯特姆探险者”号11月底满载约200万桶原油从美国驶往日本时，这趟航程将耗资8100万美元。而去年同样的航程平均只需910万美元。
When the oil supertanker Esteem Explorer sails from the United States to Japan in late November, loaded with about 2 million barrels of crude, the journey will cost $81 million. The same journey would have cost $9.1 million last year, on average.