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The cost of chartering supertankers to carry crude oil from the Middle East to Asia soared by double digits overnight on Friday as oil traders and shippers scramble to understand the extent and impact of the U.S. sanctions on several Chinese tanker owners for shipping Iranian oil, including units of Cosco, the owner of 7.5 percent of the global supertanker fleet. Oil traders around the world began scrambling on Thursday to avoid being involved in the latest U.S. sanctions regarding Iranian oil after the United States imposed on Wednesday…