Chinese shipbuilders move to stem losses

Chinese shipyards are charging penalties to international owners who wish to defer delivery of new ships and are filling the resulting spare capacity with cut-price domestic contracts. At this stage the strategy cannot be confirmed but appears to follow similar moves to soak up excess shipbuilding capacity in decades past. ...

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