Less demand for shipping Less goods/material moving around the ocean Dunno Read this from 2002..... <a href="http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/options/futuresshocktsc/10059743.html" target="_blank">http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/options/futuresshocktsc/10059743.html</a> We are at different stages in the cycle I guess than in that article....more useless info perhaps