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Wednesday22 March 2023

01/12/2015at 13:28

Asian shipowners: We made our own mess

Overcapacity and the race to have the biggest ships are solely responsible for the financially dire situation in which the shipping industry currently finds itself, says the Secretary General of the Asian Shipowners’ Forum in an exclusive interview with ShippingWatch.

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BY TENNA SCHOER

SINGAPORE

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