As IMF deadline looms, would a Grexit be a Greek tragedy for its shipping firms?

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As the hours tick away to the 10pm GMT deadline for Greece to repay €1.6bn of its IMF loan, traders around the world have already anticipated a default situation, which would lead to wide-scale stock market losses.

Stock markets do not like uncertainty, and Greece’s problems and the seeming intransigence of its EU and IMF lenders are causing much of the worry for investors.

A superb analysis of the options facing the Greek government and people can be found here, but opinion ...