Eyebrows were raised when Golden Stena Weco managing director Bjorn Stignor told Trade­Winds that his company might consider buying more chemical tankers.

Only moments before, he had explained that the company recently scaled back its fleet from 20 to 14 ships, blaming the dire state of the Asian chemical tanker markets.

“There are too many ships in the market. Another 60 to 70 stainless-steel vessels will join the fleet in the next year, which won’t help much either,” he complained.