Most tank container operators are reporting 10% plus rises in volumes for 2011 but there has been an ominous softening in demand as the year comes to a close.
Tank manufacturers have been kept busy with the most ambitious ever tank container operator newbuilding programme during the course of 2011. The momentum of the buoyant tank container market of 2010 was carried forward into this year and the positive business cycle persisted through the summer months....
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