Market Alerts

Planned three-week maintenance. Domestic PP supply expected to tighten moderately.

Compressor failure forced an unplanned shutdown. Restart expected within the month pending repairs.

FM declared mid-August after extraction unit failure; lifted early September following restart.

Heightened customs inspections adding 3–5 days to PP/PE export clearance at Ningbo and Shanghai.

Container and chemical tanker rates remain elevated as carriers avoid the Suez corridor, adding 10–14 days to voyages.