US chemical shipments to Latin America still delayed from early Oct ILA strike: market

One month after the three-day International Longshoreman Association port strike in the US , South America-based chemical commodity traders said Nov. 5 that chemical markets were still seeing logistics issues, with US-origin product shipments delayed and customers requesting to cancel purchases while waiting for prices to drop. PVC, polyethylene and propylene shipments to Brazil are among those affected by the…One month after the three-day International Longshoreman Association port strike in the US , South America-based chemical commodity traders said Nov. 5 that chemical markets were still seeing logistics issues, with US-origin product shipments delayed and customers requesting to cancel purchases while waiting for prices to drop. PVC, polyethylene and propylene shipments to Brazil are among those affected by the…Read More