Comment / Analysis: the tempting of Taiwan – what to do with Wan Hai?

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Taiwan and its ships are a hot topic that has united the shipping market.

Several executives believe the government will not make the same mistake that South Korea did with Hanjin, although foreign ownership of key container shipping assets and related port activities is very unlikely to be allowed, regardless of how bad market conditions might become.

The Taiwanese government holds a strategic view of the sector and public money can easily be deployed, the thinking in my trade circles goes, to ...