The German Shipowners’ Association (VDR) President Alfred Hartmann has said that China has surpassed Germany as the largest container ship-owning country.
Ship databases corroborate Hartmann’s observation, with Chinese companies listed as owners of a combined 3.63 million TEU, compared with 2.81 million TEU attributed to German owners.
Hartmann said, “The fact that China would overtake us in this respect was quite foreseeable: for one thing, the simple reason is that very much larger container...
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