World shipping crisis threatens German dominance as Greeks win long game

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Telegraph.co.uk
August 14, 2012

Over 100 German ship funds have already shut down as the long-simmering crisis in global container shipping finally comes to a head. A further 800 funds are threatened with insolvency, according to consultants TPW in Hamburg.

They are not alone. Britain’s oldest shipowner, Stephenson Clark, dating back to 1730, went into liquidation last week, closing the final chapter of Britain’s coal trade and the industrial revolution.

It cited “incredibly depressed” vessel rates. The firm over-invested in the boom four years ago, betting too much on the China syndrome.

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This article was posted: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at 2:49 pm

Tags: financial, foreign affairs

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