The extended global shipping industry crisis has led to increased risk for German ship loans , according to Moody ’s , which suggests their exposure to risk is significantly higher than many of their global peers . Shipping exposures for five leading German ship lenders still made up 350 % of Tier 1 loans by the end of 2015 , up from 328 % in 2012 , with aggregate problem loan ratio from shipping exposure rising 10 percentage points between 2012 to 2015 . Other ship lenders reduced their shipping exposure by about 45 % over the same period .
The extended global shipping industry crisis has led to increased risk for German ship lenders, according to Moody’s, which suggests their exposure to risk is significantly higher than many of their global peers. Shipping exposures for five leading German ship lenders still made up 350% of Tier 1 capital by the end of 2015, up from 328% in 2012, with aggregate problem loan ratio from shipping exposure rising 10 percentage points between 2012 to 2015. Other ship lenders reduced their shipping exposure by about 45% over the same period.