UPDATE - EXXONMOBIL

Strike cripples entire petrochemicals production at French site in Port Jérôme

LOGISTICS

Warning strike blocks large ships from port of Hamburg / German trucking costs surge in 2022 / Protests, strikes engulf France / Freight rates steady or lower

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Polypropylene: TotalEnergies declares force majeure on Belgian outages / CGT trade union wants to extend French strike / End of the downward price spiral expected

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Polyolefins, polystyrene: TotalEnergies and ExxonMobil under heavy pressure / Tentative attempts at a rapprochement in France / Supply disruptions looming

TOTALENERGIES

Strike at eight French sites / Petchems, polymers partially affected

TOTAL

Large fire at Gonfreville refinery in Northern France / Company says petrochemicals are not affected

UPDATE - COFEL

Mattress manufacturer closes former Recticel plant in France / Shareholder Steinhoff International under heavy pressure

ARKEMA / KEM ONE

Follow-up: Strike in Saint-Auban postponed / Precarious supply situation at Kem One

ARKEMA

Strike paralyses production in France / PVC production at Kem One also affected

TUPPERWARE

Closure of injection moulding plant in France planned / Only three factories left in Europe

TOTAL

French refineries and crackers almost back to normal operations

FRANCE

Situation on petrochemicals front appears to be easing / Pilots announce strikes coinciding with start of UEFA Championship

FRANCE

Strikes widened to include nuclear plants / Refinery blockade hits plastics converters

FRANCE

Police slowly clear union barricades blocking refineries / Public mood flags / Union threatens to extend strikes to rail and nuclear plants / More force majeure declarations

FRANCE

Petrochemical output increasingly threatened by strike / Most refineries affected / Many FM declarations / Minister says the country has been taken hostage

SIDEL

Job cuts to ensure competitiveness / France worst affected / Headquarters to move to Parma

POLYMER PRICES

Standard Thermoplastics Trend October 2011: Polyolefins remain flat despite hike plans / PVC struggles to a rollover / Modest rebates for PS and EPS / PVC, PS long / Small risk of an increase this month