Petchems' tanker blues

摘要

THE Asian petrochemicals market is facing limited tanker availability because of a surge in demand over the past few months,sources in the shipping and petrochemicals industries said.Tanker demand rose in tandem with the sharp hike in Asian petrochemicals demand,especially from China.Several analysts expect the petrochemicals bull run to extend through the second half of 2006 as the demand boom shows no signs of slowing down.