Asian container liner finances are put under the microscope in a recent Drewry Maritime Equity Research report. It is a challenge to find an investable container shipping stock in the current environment. Most companies have seen their cash balances wither and total industry debt has more than doubled in the past five years to USD 100-bn. Drewrys analysis of the financial health of the industry paints a grim scenario for the global container liners with financial health under severe strain and shareholder value eroded.