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Container Shipping May Hoist Financial Distress Signal: New Study

Beset by continued sluggish demand, a growing mountain of debt and a radically changing marketplace, listed companies in the global container shipping industry as a whole face a greater risk of financial distress, including possible bankruptcy, than at any time since 2010, and that risk has grown in each of those past three years, finds business advisory firm AlixPartners in a new analysis. Contributing mightily to this situation, according to the study, is a so-so global economy…