Entries from Asian Chemical Connections tagged with 'freight rates'

Ethylene Freight Rates Head For Collapse

"If I didn't care what happens to you...." Source of picture: www.sydbarrett.com   By John Richardson AS many as 25 new ethylene vessels could be in operation by 2013 as a result of what one shipping industry source told the...

Asian Ethylene Market Uncertainty Continues

By John Richardson THE outlook for ethylene spot market availability remains muddled as a few weeks ago due to higher freight rates and uncertainties surrounding Middle East natural-gas feedstock supply. Freight rates for all Middle East, Asia and West Mediterranean...

Could new laws threaten your supply chain?

I am at logistics conference at the moment where the major theme is a chronically tight global container shipping market because of booming exports from China. Ports are congested, waiting times are increasing, freight rates have in some cases doubled...