Claus-Peter Offen predicts 90% of German shipping companies will bite the dust

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A SHIPPING shakeout will see the number of operators in Germany shrink from 300-400 to somewhere between 20-40, with even current top 10 players set to vanish, a prominent Hamburg owner has predicted. But Claus-Peter Offen -who bills his CPO Holding the strongest boxship outfit in the country, financially speaking - has vowed that he will be among those left standing. What is more, he is going flat out for an international listing in the next few years.