Shipyards want help in gaining access to credit lines and soft loans, as well as rules to promote greener ships.

造船厂要求在获得信贷额度和宽息贷款以及促进环保船舶政策方面的帮助。

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The main problem is that growing demand in 2003 prompted shipping lines to order too many new ships.

主要的问题在于2003年上升的需求促使航运公司订购了太多的新船。

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Container lines' problems are compounded by the large Numbers of expensive new ships on order from shipyards, many of them due to enter the Asia-Europe trades.

集装箱船公司的麻烦还不止这些，他们之前预定的将要用在亚欧航线的又新又贵的船正不断从船厂开出来。

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New Zealand is angry that fleets of longliners ships with lines of baited hooks that may trail a couple of kilometres behind them are moving east to the Ross Sea, New Zealand's Antarctic dependency.

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Not long ago only upscale lines and expedition ships ventured to Asia, but over the last decade the largest cruise lines have been steadily sending bigger ships here, including Princess Cruises and Royal Caribbean International.

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Other shipping lines sell ships when capacity is bloated, and lease them back when needed, to save money.

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