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摘要

There is a cautious optimism in the air as the LPG sector, which has remained deadly quiet through the economic downturn, starts to move into a period of activity and recovery with potential growth in the near future Weak freight rates, rising bunker costs, an increasingly prominent risk from piracy, coupled with rather inconsistent demand for tonnage through the year, have seen the LPG tanker industry still trying to shake off the ill effects of the economic downturn since 2008. There are, though, signs that 2010 will turn out to have marked a crucial turning point in the sector's fortunes.