Shih, points out that the cost of chartering a 300,000-ton oil tanker these last several months has been around US $ 3 million per voyage but the year before last the price was hyped up to US $ 11 million-a huge variation. "Some companies are convinced that the market price will move higher and so are not hiring out their vessels on purpose, driving up the price so negotiations are deadlocked.
中油租船小組召集人施志昌表示，一艘 30 萬噸的油輪租價，這幾個月為一趟 300 萬美元左右，但前年卻一度被炒高到 1,100 萬美元，差異極大。「有些公司看準市場價格會走揚，就故意不租、拉抬價格，導致談判僵持不下。