单壳油轮何去何从

Where is the way for single-hull tankers

按照规定,单壳油轮已经被逐步淘汰,而我们却还在2009年年未考虑淘汰所带来的影响,这看起来也许有点奇怪。有些人甚至会觉得,自己回到了五年前。那时候,这是一个重要的争论焦点,而围绕2010年这个期限尚有不少疑问。在2004年，这是任何重大海运会议都必定涉及的首要问题。事实上，我记得一位业界观察家好像评论说，

It seems perhaps a little strange that here we are considering the fallout from the regulatory phase-out of single-hull tankers.Some here today may even think they have stepped back in conference-time to five years ago when this was a significant debating point with question marks surrounding the 2010 date.Back in 2004 it was an issue that was at the top of any respectable shipping event.In fact the author seems to remember one industry observer commenting that it was time to consider the mandatory phase-out of single-hull tanker conferences.With a dramatically different market environment and a significantly different tanker fleet profile than we had some four years ago when the regulatory instruments mandating the phase-out of singlehull tankers entered into force.