Ship orders crash

Global ship orders tumbled 90% last month as the credit crunch damped world trade and made it harder for shipping lines to borrow money, according to Lloyd's Register. Shipowners ordered a total of 37 container ships, tankers and other vessels in October, compared with 378 a year earlier, LR's Chief ...

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