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Article: Capacity concerns could be the next chemicals supply challenge.
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- September 17, 2009
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By Richard Weissman
Chemical buyers express concern about supply continuity, whether it's from the U.S. or overseas.
In a true 19th century global sourcing initiative, whaling vessels from southeastern Massachusetts would travel the world's oceans in search of their prized catch. During the harvesting process small boats of fisherman would engage the whales and be quickly dragged far and wide by the great mammals in what was known as a "Nantucket Sleigh Ride." Once the whale was tired out and the chase complete the more mundane shipboard tasks took over.
The chemical industry went through its own global version of a Nantucket Sleigh Ride in the ...
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