Baby boomers

摘要

Newbuildings are beginning to join the fleet In time for the reclassification of vegoils under Marpol Annex II, but will there be the tonnage to cope? The chemical tanker newbuilding order-placing frenzy of recent years has slowed and is starting to reach fruition, as vessels are launched and begin to join the world fleet. Very many more vessels will join in the next three years and a good thing too - a combination of interlinked regulatory forces is conspiring to drive demand for chemical tanker tonnage.