| Table of Contents: | | | | GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS : EUR, Germany, China, Greece | | | | TOPICS : economy, industry, fiscal, growth, monetary, shipping, regulation, shipbuilding, transport | | | | SIGNIFICANCE : Without a speedy recovery of global trade, the collapse in the maritime container freight market will lead to the insolvency of many German shipping funds and to the speculative acquisition of shipping assets at 'fire sale' prices. The crisis has also revealed the risks attached to the predominant type of shipping funds, the 'Kommanditgesellschaft |
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