Expectation of China State Shipbuilding Co (CSSC) and China Shipbuilding Industry Corp (CSIC) getting together was raised this week following a heavyweight executive move.

As TradeWinds reports today Beijing is transferring CSSC chairman Hu Wenming to northern entity CSIC, leaving the latter’s vice-president, Dong Qiang, to take charge of the southern group, in what was interpreted as ground work for the deal.

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