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Banks face $90bn ship writedowns

Banks are facing the prospect of being forced to write down loans to the shipping industry worth more than $90bn (€62bn) next year.

The writedowns would be a delayed response to a crash in ship values of more than 50%, which has fatally undermined loan cover.

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