19/01/2016at 13:05

Orders at Chinese yards down by half in 2015

Chinese yards had to dig deep for orders in 2015, a year in which the number of new orders for the industry was practically cut in half. Meanwhile, the gap between big yards and small yards has grown.

BY KATRINE GRØNVALD

2015 was painful for the Chinese yard industry, which experienced a dramatic decline in the number of orders.

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