China Shipping Profits Sink on Low Rates, Lingering Overcapacity
- China Shipping Container Lines swing to net loss, volumes down
- Merger between China's shipping groups aimed at cutting losses
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China Cosco Holdings Co. posted a 22 percent slump in earnings last year, while China Shipping Container Lines Co. swung to a loss as overcapacity of vessels led to lower rates.
Net income for China Cosco fell to 283.4 million yuan ($43.8 million) in 2015, from 362.5 million yuan in 2014, the company said in a statement to the Hong Kong stock exchange Wednesday.