Operators face uphill battle to stay in business

After the sector’s most traumatic year to date, a ‘soft recovery’ is taking shape, writes Clive Woodbridge

Clive Woodbridge - Thursday 21 January 2010

FOR the specialist vehicle carrier market, 2009 was by far the most traumatic year in its history. The global recession sparked a collapse in consumer confidence and with it a prolonged slump in vehicle demand.

According to some estimates, global vehicle sales fell by at least 5% last year compared with 2008, but the impact on the deepsea vehicle ...

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