Owners cut costs to weather downturn

With the world GDP growing at only 2 per cent during 1998, the container ship industry is under constant pressure to reduce costs and improve efficiency. No part of shipping is so directly connected with world trade as container shipping, says Hans Payer, member of the executive board of Germanischer ...

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